Quotes That Are Deeper Than 'Good Vibes Only'
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Quotes That Are Deeper Than 'Good Vibes Only'

"I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it." -Maya Angelou

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Quotes That Are Deeper Than 'Good Vibes Only'

I think it's a human need to want to connect to universal feelings, but it's a human preference to think words are better strung together by others. Therefore, quotations are everywhere, especially in the places we all come home to. Although nothing against "Good Vibes Only," I've found other quotations, known or not well-known, that satisfy my "human need."


"I hope you live a life you are proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love." -Tom Robbins

"We look up at the same stars, and see such different things." -George R. R. Martin


"I didn't say I liked it...I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference." -Oscar Wilde

"Stop insisting on clearing your head –– clear your f-cking heart instead." -Charles Bukowski

"The night that we spoke after weeks of silence, I asked you to promise me that our ending could be a happy one. You told me that sad endings sell more stories." -Alyssa Barker

"You'll understand why storms are named after people." -F. Scott Fitzgerald


"When you left, my dreams started to hurt more than my nightmares." -electricclavenderr

"When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't." -Louis C.K.

"Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated." -Alphonse de Lamartine

"I think it's important that we all have at least one person who has time for our sadness. Who gives us language beyond 'just smile'." -Donte Collins

"...That as much as it hurts, sometimes it's all you can do, wait, endure and keep shining knowing that eventually, your light will reach where it is supposed to reach and shine for who it is supposed to shine for. / It is never easy, but it is always worth it." -Tyler Knott Gregson

"People / are not / rain / or / snow / or autumn / leaves; / they ; do not / look / beautiful / when / they / fall." -Nav K.


"She was unstoppable. Not because she did not have failures or doubts but because she continued on despite them." -Beau Taplin

"'Oh' ... Also known as the only word I uttered whilst my heart was being smashed into a thousand tiny pieces." -deep3snplottwists

"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion." -Dale Carnegie


**Some quotes inspired/re-quoted from ThoughtCatalog and http://wnq-writers.com/ Check them out!

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