I would throw down roots with you if I ever had the chance. We’d grow strong in tender shoots, and bloom in burning hands.
STEPHANIE BRIARTrauma has deep roots indeed, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pull the weeds.
More Stephanie Briar Quotes
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Do I look as good as I remember, Looking back at you from over my shoulder, smug as the devil?
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I was looking for you in all the places our love used to be. When all along I should have been looking for me.
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The day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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I am strong. My heart still hopes. My mind still dreams. My soul still craves pouring energy into everything that I love.
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Creatives are neither born nor created. They are activated.
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In my dreams we got past the parking lot; you took me past the old, oak door, led me up onto the vacant altar, and offered me to every god whose name you invoked as you worshipped my body.
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Our memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.
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Let yourself go a little wild, a little rough around through the edges; the human spirit wasn’t meant for carefully-curated perfection.
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Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.
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When you focus on directing your energy away from harm and toward healing, you feed the soul and starve the ego.
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The search for external sources is nothing compared to internal forces.
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I pressed the dress to my nose, and found what was left of your ghost. It was then that I remembered how to cry.
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In the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
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Standing in your power scares a lot of people. You become something formidable, intimating, and aspirational all at once.
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The pain of your memory is sharp enough to be felt the nails raked along my back by somebody else.
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