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In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald (via psychotherapy)

audio 30 Nov [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

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Clair de Lune - Debussy

I learned the classical piano since I was 5 years old, for 12 years! But sadly, I can barely play any song anymore without the sheet music, for I’ve forgotten all of them!

Lately, I feel like learning again. Especially to be able to play this song.

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quote 30 Nov

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky (via psychotherapy, romeojulietsierra, thresca)

photo 28 Nov

Happy Thanksgiving!

(via breannajai, emilyposts, askvero)

audio 27 Nov [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

The song that makes me all sentimental, thinking of love, rain, loneliness, and a white Christmas…

KAT-TUN - White Christmas

銀色きらめく街　雨が雪に変わった
(Giniro kirameku machi ame ga yuki ni kawatta)
The street glittered with silver as rain becomes snow

夢色眩しい未来見てた　あの日のクリスマス
(yumeiro mabushii miraimiteta anohi no CHRISTMAS)
I saw the dream colored future on that day of Christmas

あなたを見て笑った　聖なる夜に
(anata wo mitewaratta seinaruyoru ni)
I smiled at you on that sacred night

涙が溢れたね　永遠に好きなのに　何故
(namida ga afuretane eien ni sukinanoni naze)
The tears overflowed, though I will love you forever, why?

今雪が舞い散る　この空の遠い向こうには
(ima yuki ga maichiru konosora no tooimukou niwa)
Now the snow dances as they fall, and at the sky far beyond here

新しい誰かが待つ　消せぬ想い抱きながら
(atarashii dareka ga matsu kesenuomoi dakinagara)
someone new is waiting, holding on to a feeling that will never fade

あの頃笑い合った　何も怖くなかった
(anokoro waraiatta nanimo kowakunakatta)
We smiled at each other in those days, we were not afraid of anything

あなたの優しさを傷つけた　あの日のクリスマス
(anata no yasashisa wo kizutsuketa ano hi no CHRISTMAS)
But I hurt your kindness, on that day of Christmas

夢とか希望探して　彷徨うだけ
(yumetoka kibousagashite samayou　dake)
I searched for dream and hope, and I found nothing but lost

見上げた空高すぎて　掴めないよ　届くのに　何故
(miageta sora takasugite tsukamenaiyo todokunoni naze)
The sky I look up to is too high, I cannot hold on to it even if I can reach it, Why?

今雪が舞い散るあの頃の迷わぬ気持ちは
(ima yuki ga maichiru anokoro no mayowanu kimochiwa)
Now the snow dances as they fall, the unhesitating feeling of those days

新しい明日へ続く　二度と戻らないストーリ
(atarashii asuhe tsuzuku nido to modoranai STORY)
continues on to a new tomorrow, a story that will never return

歩き出せば戸惑うけど　手で融けた雪の花びらは
(arukidaseba tomadoukedo tedetoketayuki no hanabirawa)
Even though I will wonder as I start walking, but the snowflakes that melted in my hand

またいつか巡り合って　心確かめるだろう
(mata itsuka meguriatte kokoro tashikameru darou)
will comeback again someday and reassure my heart

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photo 27 Nov

I just love winter! :3

quote 27 Nov

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

— Steve Jobs (via skysignal) (via emilyposts)

quote 27 Nov

At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing, where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, is usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we’ve chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them, the people that are still with you at the end of they day, those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close but sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.

— (via littlemiss) (via amandasthoughts) (via carolynrez) (via amandoline) (via frannyandzooey) (via closertotheocean) (via breathsoftruth) (via silentcloud)

photo 27 Nov

(via jmsc, lovebot, align, unicornology, fives, thresca)

quote 27 Nov

So be lonely… Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.

— Elizabeth Gilbert, (Eat, Pray, Love) (via leahcreates, sleepanddream, tikayiyay, thresca)

photo 27 Nov

(via thresca)

quote 27 Nov

Language… has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.

— Paul Johannes Tillich (The Eternal Now) (via thresca)

photo 27 Nov