Hands are no longer hands. They are caresses. Mouths are no longer mouths. They are kisses. My name is no longer a name, it is a call. And love is no longer love – love is you.
LANG LEAVHow do I thank my mother for giving me the life she desperately wanted to give herself.
More Lang Leav Quotes
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I saw love in your smile and I recognized it for the first time in my life. But you had a plane to catch and I was already home.
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It was pure bliss and absolute torture at the same time. I was in daze, as if my brain had suddenly packed up and gone on vacation. I could barely string words together in a sentence.
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You won’t hear from me again after today, and I don’t want you to worry. I’ll be okay. Because I have to be.
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Now that you have it all, do you ever wish you could go back to when you had it simple?
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The things that seem to matter less, are the ones we put on show.
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That’s the thing about happiness. It doesn’t require justification.
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I wanted everything because I didn’t want anything enough.
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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.
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I think that bothers me more than anything. That he could look in my eyes and tell me something that is completely contrary to the truth.
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We number our days and divide our seasons. We endlessly define what it is to be in love. When in truth, spring blurs into summer and always has, long before that line was ever drawn.
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Don’t let them tell you that your pain should be confined to the past, that it bears no relevance to the present.
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Doesn’t your soul remain the age you were when you first fell in love?
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Sometimes I am caught between poetry and prose, like two lovers I can’t decide between. Prose says to me, let’s build something long and lasting. Poetry takes me by the hand, and whispers, come with me, let’s get lost for awhile.
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You said my sadness was like the sun, beautiful from a distance but it hurt you too much to come closer.
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Most people want to save the entire world. It’s a lovely thought, and I’m not saying it’s not a noble pursuit-but it’s impossible to save everyone. You just have to pick your little corner of the world and focus your energy there. That’s the only way you will ever make a difference.
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