I don’t know how to put my love down, or to keep holding too much of it.
STEPHANIE BRIAROur memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.
More Stephanie Briar Quotes
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Trauma has deep roots indeed, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pull the weeds.
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I fall headlong into everything that lights me on fire. I know not of restraint. I was born to burn.
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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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We weren’t written in the stars; all that glitters wasn’t ours.
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The stars are where we came from. They orchestrated our return to the place we can always come home: our ancient, timeless love.
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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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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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I count the stars from whence we came. I name them all for you; my flame.
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The day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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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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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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We usually seek the divine in the sky, But religion is best found on the ground. Nature is our true creator.
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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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Poetry? That’s easy. I just cut the vein, and let it bleed.
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It quietly stops my breath to realize that my greatest grand gesture, my last, best act of love was to let you go.
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