“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