I learned that writing is the consolation prize you are given when you don’t get the thing you want the most.
LANG LEAVThen there is the boy you can never stop thinking about. Whenever you see his name, it trips you up. Even if it’s one that belongs to many others, even if he belongs to someone else.
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And I told him, if I am so hard to love, then let me run wild.
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The memory of you is fading, a little at a time, and I can feel myself forgetting.
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Yes, we took it all for granted-but isn’t that such a blessed thing? When you’re not even thinking about what you have, because you never imagine you someday won’t.
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The ache will always be there, but the intensity will fade, and you’ll find other beautiful things to fill your days with.
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My father was a house,my mother was a home.
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But you’re not the kind of girl who builds her house from sticks; you are a fortress, stubborn and strong. Do not give away the keys to the kingdom to anyone less than a king.
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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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It is only the year that is ending. So why does it feel like the world is?
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You 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.
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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.
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Some days I feel like my soul is being pulled in one direction and my heart in another.
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I was there in your forgetting, until I was forgot.
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In many ways, a book is, in itself, a tiny universe. Each page is like a newly formed galaxy, fashioned from a single, pulsing thought. A book travels for days, for years, sometimes for centuries to meet you at an exact point in time.
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How do I thank my mother for giving me the life she desperately wanted to give herself.
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Where are you?” She asked. “I have been searching all my life.” “Stop looking for me,” Love replied, “and I will find you.
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