Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing, or more often, nothing at all.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Julia Quinn)

(Source: wordsthat-speak)

samirathejerk:

It’s beautiful when you find someone that is in love with your mind. Someone that wants to undress your conscience and make love to your thoughts. Someone that wants to watch you slowly take down all the walls you’ve built up around your mind and let them inside.

Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. They become very self-abusive, and they use other people to abuse themselves as well.
Don Miguel Ruiz   (via creatingaquietmind)

(Source: thefreenomad)

Talent does not define you as an equestrian. Passion defines you.
(via windswept-warmbloods)
Windswept Warmbloods: In the end, it doesn’t matter whether or not the horse is 2 or 29. It...

windswept-warmbloods:

In the end, it doesn’t matter whether or not the horse is 2 or 29. It does not matter that he bucks or she spooks at her own shadow. It is of no consequence that your gelding clears that oxer by a good three feet.

It is of no concern that he has a blemish on his neck, that she’s by Sandro Hit, or…