David Jones on poetry
David Jones41 quotes“All the poetry in the world could not put us together again.”
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I loved you even when it hurt.
David JonesDavid Jones In the end you learn when to let go and when to hold on.
David JonesDavid Jones I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones The worst goodbye is the one you never thought you’d have to say.
David JonesDavid Jones How sad, to face a future without the one you planned it with.
David JonesDavid Jones If it isn’t Happy Ending yet, keep writing.
David JonesDavid Jones We’ll go slow, together,
David JonesDavid Jones I wish it had meant as little to me, as it did to you.
David JonesDavid Jones And life went on. It was not the same, but it went on.
David JonesDavid Jones Who you want and who you need and sometimes two different people.
David JonesDavid Jones We were almost fine, almost together.
David JonesDavid Jones Of all the lies I have ever lived, my favorite was You and I.
David JonesDavid Jones Almost. Maybe. Perhaps. Nearly. So close- A collection of the saddest words.
David JonesDavid Jones And nobody is winning the war inside me.
David JonesDavid Jones Some people can be in your memories but not in your life.
David JonesDavid Jones Our love was of the autumn- heady, golden and pure. But limited, always doomed to expire.
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