I will still live like a ghost in the mornings; walking, listening, pouring coffee to finish sometime by the afternoon, when I’ve had enough of watching the world and do all I can to live in it.
SCHUYLERThe world will be loud again. I’ll notice the loneliness less.
More Schuyler Quotes
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I allow myself to be a weathervane; receive every feeling that greets the shore of me.
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I want to wade into the water on the sidewalk, crawl out of this feeling without giving it a name. Take a lighter to love’s sticky edges so its sadness isn’t caught in my throat.
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We’ve never seen what a happy life could look like if we chose to spend it by ourselves – sharing our beautiful lives with friends, family members, the occasional crush, and lounging out in that quiet space alone as if an idyllic sunned beach.
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I still know the fabric of where I begin and end.
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I’m choosing to believe things are getting better again. The give and take of joy, remembering a few days of ache does not mean forever.
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If every feeling comes like a wave, I try to decide what kind of coastline I’ll become.
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I’d get lost in this green, ferns leaning against the trees, soil stuck to my feet, never dream of finding my way back again.
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Meet me where happiness doesn’t feel like a false spring.
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I’m thinking about how early the spring flower buds rise up from the grass; just barely on winter’s heels. How uncomfortable, how cold the soil must be, still half-frosted, when the roots start to take shape.
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I’m writing about moving again, and when I write about moving, I really mean beginning. I’m beginning again.
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I’m remembering again, how loneliness has always made me brave.
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Your anger, your sorrow, your fear, are okay to feel through, no matter how big it feels now.
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People have been washed away by less. I’ll take every step gently. So often, you can’t tell the rush of a riptide until you’re already at sea.
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I descend into an unopened sky, the ocean floor, the final embrace of a graveyard. Find your fill of me before my blue pales like a sour moon.
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In a dream, I’m holding you close and when I wake, I do. How lucky, to want and have.
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