“I’ve learned a lot this year. I learned that things don’t always turn out the way you planned, or the way you think they should. And I’ve learned that there are things that go wrong that don’t always get fixed or get put back together the way they were before. I’ve learned that some broken things stay broken, and I’ve learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

-Jennifer Weiner

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

one more time. . .

trying to get back to nyc!!!
see you soon boo ♥
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back to nyc!
hopefully.
stupid blizzard!

thank you j.l.f.

♥ HAPPY HOLIDAYS ♥

our little tree
it's a boop!

washington sq. park

♥ coming home ♥

feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

-william arthur ward

Sometimes things happen in our lives that tear us apart inside, but if we don’t learn to look past them and see the sun shining above the clouds, we will forever be standing in the rain.

-unknown

sometimes you just feel everything and nothing all at once. sometimes you'll find yourself smiling while missing something at the same time. at times you can absolutely love a person, all the while wanting to hate them. life comes without guarantees, except that smiling will brighten your face, laughing will enhance your eyes, and falling in love will change your life.

Unless you try doing something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

-Norman Vincent Peale

after a while, you just want to be with the one that makes you laugh. -mr.big

deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. when you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. but if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope.

-elizabeth gilbert

♥ yeah YOU are ♥

no matter how you put it, you’re gonna fall, and it’s scary as hell. except, if there's an upside to free falling, it’s the chance you give your friends to catch you.

-grey’s anatomy

That’s the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they’re not much to look at, or even if they’re sort of stupid, you half fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can.

-J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

Love doesn’t make the world go ‘round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

-Franklin P. Jones

there is never a time or place for true love. it happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

-Sarah Dessen

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you dream it, you can become it.

-William Arthur Ward

♥ happy first birthday to my little blog ♥

dear loved ones,

i have always kept a quote book since college and finally decided i needed a place where i could keep better record of them. and here we are one year later. i finally have a blog. i can't believe it's been a year since i started this thing. i did it! i posted a quote, image, or thought everyday for exactly one year and will continue to do so. i hope you guys have been enjoying my postings as much as i have. i know there are some friends who read it everyday and some who check it out once a month. i just wanted you all to know how much i appreciate the time you take to read this blog. it means the world to me and i feel very fortunate to have such amazing people in my life. i am eternally grateful for each and every one of you. thank you for making my life a much more beautiful and brighter one. i heart you always ♥

xoxo, jen

"Look at everything as though you were
seeing it either for the first or last time. "

-Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER JAYSON AND TO ME!!!
xoxo

each of us may think we know exactly what we need to make us happy, what will be good for us, what will ensure we have our happy ending, but life rarely works out in the way we expect, and our happy ending may have all sorts of unexpected twists and turns, be shaped in all sorts of unexpected ways. -jane green

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate.
And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.

-Shauna Niequist

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.
-Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright

be thankful for your friends and family.

this is how it goes. . .

thank you juls ♥

gobble! gobble!
happy thanksgiving!

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. -Charles Dickens

We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. -Winston Churchill

In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.

-The Wonder Years

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Life will knock you down more times than you can possibly imagine. Don’t knock yourself down.

-Adam Braverman

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.

-Henry David Thoreau

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
-Albert Einstein

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

-Harriet Tubman

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. -Oprah Winfrey

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

-Ella Fitzgerald

"We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach."

-Kjell Magne Bondevik

we all have something to hide. some dark place inside us we don't want the world to see. so we pretend everything's okay. wrapping ourselves in rainbows. and maybe that's all for the best, because some of these places are darker than others.
-unknown

one of my favorite quotes. . .

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime: therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate contest of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love.

-Reinhold Niebuhr

dear julie,

"Out of all I learned in life, you always keep your friends close to your heart, 'cause they will help you if you are falling down."

thank you for this honest quote.
all my love,
jen

valentino studded t-bar flats
drawing by janelle burger

it is your friends who make your world.

-william james

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

-Elizabeth Kubler Ross

hug it out everyday for 20 seconds,
even if its with a lil plushy ♥

HAPPY HALLOWEENIE!!!
♥ me

creeps!

“Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.”

-Al Franken

Life is short. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn’t appreciate and value you.

-Sarah Dessen

spend five minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another. -dalai lama

be silly
be honest
be kind
-emerson

lower your expectations. that's how you're gonna be happy.
-derek thompson

brooches by:
deeandricky

it's okay, life doesn't have to be perfect. it just has to be lived.
-dexter morgan

wherever you go, go with all your heart.

i believe that if, at the end of it all, according to out abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. to make others less happy is a crime. to make ourselves unhappy is where all the crime starts. we must try to contribute joy to the world. that is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. we must try. -roger ebert

Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you. -Author Unknown

it’s never too late to realize what’s important in your life and to fight for it.

-unknown

“Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together.” -Nicole Krauss

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. -Author Unknown

"All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen."
-Conan O'Brien

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't live down to expectations.
Go out there and do something remarkable.
-Wendy Wasserstein

ten. ten. ten.

wishful thinking. . .

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. -Anthony J. D'Angelo

she wasn't bitter. she was sad, though. but it was a hopeful kind of sad. the kind of sad that just takes time. -stephen chbosky

remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. -dalai lama

the truth is, everybody is going to hurt you, you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. -bob marley

(thresca)

you have to take risks.
we will only understand the miracle of life fully
when we allow the unexpected to happen.
-Paulo Coelho

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. -Albert Einstein

people take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. -dalai lama

smiles are golden. . .

when you get there,
remember where you came from ♥

the very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. and the most you can do is live inside that hope. not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof. -barbara kingsolver

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness
has never danced in the rain.
-Author Unknown

yes please.
thanks sofie ♥

I believe that everything happens for a reason. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust nobody but yourself. And sometimes, good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

-Marilyn Monroe

i'm too tired!!! WAH!!!