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.
LANG LEAVLife has a way of working itself out. You’ll see.
More Lang Leav Quotes
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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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Of all you’ve used against me, the worst has been my words.
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There is a savagery to what you feel. It eats you up inside. But you will get through it; you don’t need his mouth to placate you. You don’t need his hands to untangle the butterfly knot in your heart. Your love is a fire that will burn itself out. Let it ravage you.
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I have buried myself so deep in my words that sometimes I can’t tell if I am the person writing or the one hiding between the lines.
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I wish I could put a pen in your hand and gently remind you how the world has given you poetry and now you must give it back.
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And I sighed and wept for what could not be–and for all that could have been.
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A book travels for days, for years, sometimes for centuries to meet you at an exact point in time.
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But when I look at you, I just know instinctively, that despite the odds against you and although life will always find a way to test you, someday you’ll have everything you want. Your ending will be a happy one.
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It was words that I fell for. In the end, it was words that broke my heart.
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I used to think people were like lighthouses. That they were there to protect you. But they’re no. People are lime whirlpools. They pull you in; they drag you under. You have to work so hard just to keep your head above water.
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If you have to be with someone at all, then be with someone who makes you feel like you are still in control.
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The time may not be prime for us, though you are a special person. We may be just two different clocks, that do not tock, in unison.
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Fear isn’t a reason when it comes to love–it’s an excuse. Anyone who has ever been in love will tell you that.
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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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In her eyes, the sadness sings-of one who was destined, for better things.
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