Ben Loory on dark
Ben Loory3 quotes“Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow. Then he met it. Now he glows in the dark.”
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He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter what the cost.
Ben LooryBen Loory Eventually the man comes to see that he has a mind, and that his mind is like a fist, wrapped tightly around a single thought.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Iwas a sculptor.Butthat’sreallydrawinga drawing you fall over in the dark, a three-dimensional drawing.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
Aisha HindsAisha Hinds With my hand in his, I looked at all the apartment buildings with rushes of love, peering in the wide streetside windows that revealed living rooms painted in dark burgandies and matte reds.
Aimee BenderAimee Bender An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
Aisha HindsAisha Hinds O Hope! Dazzling, radiant Hope! What a change thou bringest to the hopeless; brightening the darkened paths, and cheering the lonely way.
Aimee Semple McPhersonAimee Semple McPherson Just don’t keep me in the dark about things. Otherwise, why am I with you?
Ai YazawaAi Yazawa She had been wrong to think it wouldn’t matter that much to him, yes,He took her for granted, of course he did , but he took her for granted – not like an old coat in the corner of a dark cupboard, as she’d put it to herself , but like the very air that he breathed .
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