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.
LANG LEAVIt was a kind love, a selfless love. I was a dreamer, and you were a traveler. We met at the crossroads. 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.
More Lang Leav Quotes
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Be patient. Your voice will find its way into the world, not in one loud instance but a steady trickle that turns into a deluge.
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I know how hard it is to have to love someone in secret.
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Souls do not have calendars or clocks, nor do they understand the notion of time or distance. They only know it feels right to know one other.
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If a boy ever says, you remind me of someone–don’t fall in love with him. You will never be anything more than second best.
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How much love is a person capable of giving? I thought I knew the answer until I met you.
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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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I loved you more than love was allowed.
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The greatest heartache comes from loving another soul, they said, beyond reason, beyond doubt, with no hope of salvation.
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He swept in like a tsunami, wave after wave, and I didn’t stand a chance. All those warnings, all the things they tried to prepare me for-lost in an instant-to the enormity of what I felt.
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You may grow to love this person but remember they are not yours to keep. Their purpose isn’t to save you but to show you how to save yourself.
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Now I know being close to you was never about the proximity.
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To never do the things I’ve done that once had led to my undoing.
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Isn’t it strange how much of our lives are interchangeable, how little is truly ours.
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I think there is a sense of ownership in knowing, isn’t there? You let people in, and they claim parts of you-they fly their flag over uncharted territory and from then onward-you cease to belong wholly to yourself.
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But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
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Remember, your words are your power. Never forget your words.
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I build my walls from the mess they leave.
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Maybe we slip in and out of alternate worlds through our minds and our imaginations, picking up scar tissue from other dimensions.
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When you lose a person, a whole universe goes along with them.
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I know love because I am in love. Because of how long I’ve loved. Because of the man I love.
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We all need to follow our intuition, even if it takes us down the wrong path. Otherwise, you’ll always be second-guessing yourself.
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Here’s the story of my life. Hoping they would care about me or wishing they wouldn’t care so much.
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It was beautifully worded and painfully read; the things that were written, were those never said.
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People who are prone to sadness are more likely to pick up a pen.
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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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Somehow, there is a sense of comfort in knowing nothing will ever hit me quite as hard again. Nothing will ever be as beautiful, but neither will anything hurt as much.
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