If you have to be with someone at all, then be with someone who makes you feel like you are still in control.
LANG LEAVIf you have to be with someone at all, then be with someone who makes you feel like you are still in control.
LANG LEAVyou cannot control the depth of a wound another inflicts upon you.
LANG LEAVBe patient. Your voice will find its way into the world, not in one loud instance but a steady trickle that turns into a deluge.
LANG LEAVHave you ever loved a rose, and bled against her thorns; and swear each night to let her go, then love her more by dawn.
LANG LEAVI did not know that it was love until I knew.
LANG LEAVIsn’t it strange how much of our lives are interchangeable, how little is truly ours.
LANG LEAVThe greatest heartache comes from loving another soul, they said, beyond reason, beyond doubt, with no hope of salvation.
LANG LEAVIt was the year you learned that shooting stars were either a blessing or a curse, depending on what you wanted to believe.
LANG LEAVThat night, we talked the way old friends do, with candor and ease.
LANG LEAVThat’s the thing about happiness. It doesn’t require justification.
LANG LEAVI love you, I do – you have my word. You have all my words.
LANG LEAVWe spoke once about lovers who kept finding each other, no matter how many times the world came between them. And I think I had to break your heart, and you had to break mine. How else could we know the worth of what we were given?
LANG LEAVThe things that seem to matter less, are the ones we put on show.
LANG LEAVWhen was the last time you felt like someone knew you and not the person you’ve been pretending to be. When was the last time you felt like yourself.
LANG LEAVYou are a writer bleeding words onto a page. And the ones who hate you will trample on that page. And the ones who love you will cut you, to keep you bleeding.
LANG LEAVThere are many things in life you can postpone, but love isn’t one of them.
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