Why do you write? he asked. So I can take my love for you and give it to the world, I reply. Because you won’t take it from me.
LANG LEAVKnowing sleep will set it right – if you were not to wake.
More Lang Leav Quotes
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Before I fell in live with words, with setting skies and singing birds – it was you I fell in love with first.
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When you don’t have the whole attention of someone, you find yourself begging for it from everyone.
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Our emotions pull us in different directions. The stronger the emotion, the greater the pull. Feelings are not always practical, nor do they make any logical sense. That’s just the way it goes.
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When words run dry, he does not try, nor do I. We are on par. He just is, I just am and we just are.
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It is only the year that is ending. So why does it feel like the world is?
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You can create something that is pure genius, but you have to get your timing right.
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To never do the things I’ve done that once had led to my undoing.
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There is a certain quality to words that when strung in a certain way-has an almost hypnotic effect.
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I learned that writing is the consolation prize you are given when you don’t get the thing you want the most.
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I was coming to the end of a difficult period in my life, though when the end isn’t in plain sight, you don’t realize how close you are.
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I don’t think all writers are sad, she said. I think it’s the other way around- all sad people write.
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I was loved in my dreams last night. It echoed through me like thunder-I felt it through and through.
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Yes, I think it is entirely possible to fall in love with someone you’ve never met. Physicality is an expression of intimacy- not an indication of it.
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What is she like? I was told – she is a melancholy soul.
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You must emerge from adversity, scathed but victorious to tell your story and, in turn, light the way for others.
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