missed connections
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
fuckyeahgirlswithtattoos:

This is my phoenix - the second of my five tattoos and probably my favorite.It is based on Isaiah 61:3, as well as a song that my brother-in-law wrote for me.  Both speak of God trading our ashes in for beauty.  This truth resonates so deeply with me & I think the phoenix is the perfect symbol for beauty being birthed from ashes!Designed & inked by Omar at All-American Tattoo in Salem, Oregon.  His artwork is incredible!  He has inked three of my five tattoos.

Marilyn Monroe. [via]


“Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew..Everything was ours, how happy we were then..But somehow once upon a time never comes again..”

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside a fire: it is the time for home.

— Edith Sitwell