“Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.
STEPHANIE BRIARIn the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
More Stephanie Briar Quotes
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Emotion = Energy in motion.
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The day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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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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Stop accepting abstract noun love. Real love is always action verb.
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I count the stars from whence we came. I name them all for you; my flame.
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Our memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.
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Poetry? That’s easy. I just cut the vein, and let it bleed.
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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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Can hope bloom in the shade? Can time give back what it takes away? I once saw the answers to life in your eyes; now I can remember the words to goodbye.
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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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I erected cities with adoration on my tongue and you burnt mine down in the wake of your love.
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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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Your darkness does not scare me, nor will I run from you; like a star, I’m falling for the phases of your moon.
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We weren’t written in the stars; all that glitters wasn’t ours.
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Do I look as good as I remember, Looking back at you from over my shoulder, smug as the devil?
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