“I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain. And I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry, you will someday.”

Lester Burnham - American Beauty

-Unknown

“Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside.”

— Lady Gaga

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Mario says “I met Kate very early on. Shortly after her first Galliano show I went backstage to congratulate her, only to find her crying: she was disappointed that she had only been given one outfit to model in the show. My answer to her was this: “In life there are perfumes and colognes. You need to use lots of cologne as the scent fades away; with a perfume you just use a drop and it lasts all night. You are a perfume, you will go on and on.”


//Emily

“I’m better at one-on-one conversations. I do become shy and a bit intimidated when it’s a large group of people - I definitely retreat.”

-Beyonce'

(Beyonce' by Sharif Hamza for Dazed July 2011)


//Emily

'For The Graduates: Congratulations! Welcome to your next chapter of life. Don’t rush. You’ve been in school a bunch – take some time for yourself before your next move, you deserve it. Travel. Figure out & create a list of things you’re good at & jobs you’d be interested in pursuing. Sometimes people see money signs & rush into well paid jobs at soulless corporations. Yeah, they might be making a little extra money — but they’re not the happiest. Just make sure whatever you do, you’re happy doing it. If you can search for something that you’re passionate about, or a job in a fun atmosphere – then work will never feel like work. In my opinion, that’s success.'

-Johnny Cupcakes



(via johnnycupcakes.com)

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'To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing what's around the riverbend'

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“Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.”
— Alexander McQueen

Truth

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'Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.'

//Emily

'To be a model and to be put in to a situation where it's not me anymore and I'm asked to transform, that feels very natural for me because I like to pretend to be somebody else. I like to escape every now and then.'

Abbey Lee Kershaw

'People should fall in love with their eyes closed'

Andy Warhol

“The fact that there is a crisis is not necessarily a reason to stop creating beautiful, extreme things. We’re going to continue in the way we’ve always known. It’s challenging in this period to be aware of who you are - what you stand for, and why as a designer you exist; what it is that makes your stuff different and relevant.”

— Viktor & Rolf, Dazed and Confused February 2010

'If you care what other people think you will always be their prisoner'

-James Frey




//Emily

“Don’t look to the approval of others for your mental stability.”
— Karl Lagerfeld

‘Nostalgia is satisfying because it is a longing for a past that never existed and for a future that can never be. As a fantasy you can make the past any way you want to.’
Judith Clark

'Believing something is not an accomplishment. I grew up thinking that beliefs are something to be proud of, but they’re really nothing but opinions one refuses to reconsider. Beliefs are easy. The stronger your beliefs are, the less open you are to growth and wisdom, because “strength of belief” is only the intensity with which you resist questioning yourself. As soon as you are proud of a belief, as soon as you think it adds something to who you are, then you’ve made it a part of your ego. Listen to any “die-hard” conservative or liberal talk about their deepest beliefs and you are listening to somebody who will never hear what you say on any matter that matters to them — unless you believe the same. It is gratifying to speak forcefully, it is gratifying to be agreed with, and this high is what the die-hards are chasing. Wherever there is a belief, there is a closed door. Take on the beliefs that stand up to your most honest, humble scrutiny, and never be afraid to lose them.'

(quotes via raptitude.com, img via eatingboys)

//Emily

“The first time I fell in love I was at Disneyland. I was about nine years old, waiting in line for Mr Toad’s Wild Ride and I saw him as our line rounded the corner. He looked at me and then past me and he broke my heart. It was over as soon as it began. I was exhilarated and devastated at the same time. That was my introduction to love."

-Eva Mendes

(img via fashionintel)

//Emily

'Everything to gain and nothing to lose.'

(img via halfpsychoticsickhypnotic.tumblr)


//Emily

"When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, ‘Bitch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today. "
- Lady Gaga

p.s. BEST PHOTO EVER

(via fyeahladygaga)

//Emily