keep in the sunlight

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

—Robert Fulghum (via aquaticuss)

(via oversizedcardigans)

I’ve learned that some broken things stay broken, and I’ve learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

—       Jennifer Weiner (via unsaid-wordss)

(via oversizedcardigans)

Good night, dear heart,
    Good night, good night.

—Mark Twain, from “Warm Summer Sun” (via the-final-sentence)

Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.

—Ellen Bass, from “The Thing Is” (via the-final-sentence)

(Source: gammasandgerunds, via the-final-sentence)

[The waves still smashed against the beach, furious and irresistible.] But me, I watched all of those children smiling and dancing and splashing one another in salt water and bright sunlight, and I laughed and laughed and laughed until the sound of the sea was drowned.

—Chris Cleave, from Little Bee (thank you, resalove)

(Source: the-final-sentence)