"It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things." - Lemony Snicket (via nightjars)

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect." - J.K. Rowling (via tantum)

(Source: implexa, via 29blocks-deactivated20120127)

"I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find it extremely comforting that we’re so close… I am bound, you are bound, to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people." - Six Degrees of Separation, 1993  (via catchafirefly)

(Source: quote-book, via thesunkeeper)