You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.  Louisa May Alcott (via infiniteroses)

Only the foolish believe that suffering is just wages for being different. Only the insane equate pain with success. Only the savage regard the endurance of pain as a measure of worth. Only a few find the way; some don’t recognize it when they do, some… don’t ever want to. Cheshire Cat, American McGee’s Alice …