A Girl Going Anywhere

As evening fell, a maiden stood
At the edge of a wood.
In her hands lay the reins
Of a stallion.
And ne’er I’d seen a girl as fair,
Heard a gentler voice anywhere.
Whispered, “Alas…”
She belonged, belonged to another—
Another forever.
Yes, she belonged to
the twilight and mist

—Legends of the Fall

I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.

—Rosalia de Castro

Stand Still, Look Pretty

I want to paint my face
And pretend that I am someone else
Sometimes I get so fed up
I don’t even want to look at myself

But people have problems that are worse than mine
I don’t want you to think I’m complaining all the time
And I hate the way you look at me I have to say
I wish I could start over

I am slowly falling apart
I wish you’d take a walk in my shoes for a start
You might think it’s easy being me
You just stand still, look pretty

Sometimes I find myself shaking
In the middle of the night
And then it hits me and I can’t
Even believe this is my life

But people have problems that are worse than mine
I don’t want you to think I’m complaining all the time
And I wish that everyone would go and shut their mouths
I’m not strong enough to deal with it

I see your blue eyes
Every time I close mine
You make it hard to see

—Colbie Caillat

Life is uncertain for everyone and everything. I by no means have a perfect life but it has taken me a long time to realize how lucky I really am. Life is what you make of it. Sometimes uncertainty can be scary, sometimes it can be amazingly fun. You cannot control your fate but you can control how you handle what happens to you. Take life one breath at a time and enjoy every last moment you get. Life will work itself out.

Life is uncertain for everyone and everything. I by no means have a perfect life but it has taken me a long time to realize how lucky I really am. Life is what you make of it. Sometimes uncertainty can be scary, sometimes it can be amazingly fun. You cannot control your fate but you can control how you handle what happens to you. Take life one breath at a time and enjoy every last moment you get. Life will work itself out.

When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he’s everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he’s not easy to spot; he’s really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.

—Taylor Swift

Sometimes we lose all faith in life, right now I’m just trying to get mine back.

Sometimes we lose all faith in life, right now I’m just trying to get mine back.

Sometimes, I feel like driving and never looking back. Maybe moving to Mexico somewhere along the beach and living a simple non-hectic life for a while. Sometimes, that sounds really nice.

Sometimes, I feel like driving and never looking back. Maybe moving to Mexico somewhere along the beach and living a simple non-hectic life for a while. Sometimes, that sounds really nice.

Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s what’s in the middle that counts. So when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.

—Hope Floats