Anxiety is living with an apple on your head and you imagine that everyone you know stands watching with a bow to shoot an arrow at it.
STEPHANIE BRIARI count the stars from whence we came. I name them all for you; my flame.
More Stephanie Briar Quotes
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I am a phoenix living in a culture of vultures.
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Our story bleeds from my eyes until I cannot tell the stars from streetlights.
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Trauma has deep roots indeed, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pull the weeds.
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He’ll keep some daying and tommorwing until he has no tomorrows left. I don’t choose that.
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I would throw down roots with you if I ever had the chance. We’d grow strong in tender shoots, and bloom in burning hands.
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Emotion = Energy in motion.
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I pressed the dress to my nose, and found what was left of your ghost. It was then that I remembered how to cry.
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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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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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The glint of mischief in your eyes is the flint in my matchstick. Striking; always this close to igniting.
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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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How do you sleep soundly, knowing you traded roses for weeds?
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“Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.
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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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