Posts tagged with "be yourself."
"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you."
"It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone."
"When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you for a bit but, in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless."
"Those of us who love books, love to read but love to have fun too should stop conflating reading with isolation. Stop saying: “I’m boring, I just wanna go home and read,” because that doesn’t make you boring. It means you’re choosing one kind of fun over another, not doing the opposite of fun."
geekspeakbrand:
Whoever said that geeks were losers? Like and Reblog this post if you’re proud to be one :)
"Do not despise your inner world."
"Don’t compare your path with anybody else’s. Your path is unique to you."
"I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward."
"I do not think I’m easy to define. I have a wandering mind. And I’m not anything that you think I am."
"Hardly anybody ever writes anything nice about introverts. Extroverts rule. This is rather odd when you realise that about nineteen writers out of twenty are introverts. We are been taught to be ashamed of not being ‘outgoing’. But a writer’s job is ingoing."
thetrevorproject:
ALLY WEEK SPOTLIGHT: Darren Criss currently plays the role of Blaine on Glee, one of the most visible gay characters currently on primetime television. Since 2009, Darren has taken an active role with The Trevor Project to speak out for LGBTQ youth, performing at Trevor Live and raising awareness about Trevor along with his fellow Glee costars.
