Let her be herself. Or she will be somebody else’s.
LANG LEAVIn 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.
More Lang Leav Quotes
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Have you ever loved a rose, and bled against her thorns; and swear each night to let her go, then love her more by dawn.
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There is one who you belong to, whose love- there is no song for.
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When was the last time you felt like someone knew you and not the person you’ve been pretending to be. When was the last time you felt like yourself.
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Sometimes the loneliest place to be is in love.
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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, 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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Doesn’t your soul remain the age you were when you first fell in love?
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I don’t think all writers are sad, she said. I think it’s the other way around- all sad people write.
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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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A Betrayal I cannot undo what I have done; I can’t un-sing a song that’s sung. And the saddest thing about my regret- I can’t forgive me, and you can’t forget.
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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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Of all you’ve used against me, the worst has been my words.
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Don’t let them tell you that your pain should be confined to the past, that it bears no relevance to the present.
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I look for you, the way I was taught to look both ways when crossing the road. Uptight and wary, bracing myself for something I know could break me.
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If you love me for what you see, only your eyes would be in love with me.
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My heart is like a time capsule-it keeps safe the memory of you. I know it’s harder with you gone than if you had never been here at all-but I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
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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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Your first love isn’t the first person you give your heart to- it’s the first one who breaks it.
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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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But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
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The only ones they can turn against you are those who were never with you.
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Summer was felt a little more; in autumn I began to fall. When winter came with all its white, you were mine to kiss goodnight.
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I have happened in so many places, to so many people – the essence of me lives on in these nuances, these moments.
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I’m a stranger in my own life.
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I was there in your forgetting, until I was forgot.
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I still search for you in crowds, in empty fields and soaring clouds. In city lights and passing cars, on winding roads and wishing stars.
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