Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is.
My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…
" But I have seen the best of you and the worst of you, and I choose both. "
- Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye, “An Origin Story” (via loveyourchaos)
(Source: larmoyante)
" I don’t know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices under water. They are distorted. "
- Jeanette Winterson (via kunitsukami)
(Source: rabbitinthemoon)
" Loving me will not be easy. Some days I will be a stuttering apology and you won’t know how to handle all the things I’ve done wrong. "
- writingsforwinter (via wethinkwedream)
(Source: emceelizziegibson)
" Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are. "
- John Green, Paper Towns (via perfect)
(Source: quota-tions)
" But I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. "
- Olivia Wilde (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
