I fall headlong into everything that lights me on fire. I know not of restraint. I was born to burn.
STEPHANIE BRIAR“Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.
More Stephanie Briar Quotes
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When I was a child, I used to fear monsters under the bed. I have since learned that most monsters are found within. And they are always worth fighting.
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I am strong. My heart still hopes. My mind still dreams. My soul still craves pouring energy into everything that I love.
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It quietly stops my breath to realize that my greatest grand gesture, my last, best act of love was to let you go.
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You are what it feels like to watch the final silvers of sun fall and die into the silver ocean; tangerine sky giving way to moon-glow and starlight.
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The pain of your memory is sharp enough to be felt the nails raked along my back by somebody else.
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The day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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Standing in your power scares a lot of people. You become something formidable, intimating, and aspirational all at once.
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Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.
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You could not keep me fed by throwing me bones and empty promises. I am ashamed to admit how much starving I did before I finally left.
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The stars are where we came from. They orchestrated our return to the place we can always come home: our ancient, timeless love.
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If we are what we love, Then I am whatever you are made of.
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Let yourself go a little wild, a little rough around through the edges; the human spirit wasn’t meant for carefully-curated perfection.
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Some days, my mind will still be in prison, but I will live in spite of it. I unlearn how to swim; I trade my gills for lungs and wings.
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I don’t know how to put my love down, or to keep holding too much of it.
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In the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
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