It quietly stops my breath to realize that my greatest grand gesture, my last, best act of love was to let you go.
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 don’t know how to put my love down, or to keep holding too much of it.
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We weren’t written in the stars; all that glitters wasn’t ours.
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How do you sleep soundly, knowing you traded roses for weeds?
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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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Our story bleeds from my eyes until I cannot tell the stars from streetlights.
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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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“Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.
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I am a phoenix living in a culture of vultures.
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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 pain of your memory is sharp enough to be felt the nails raked along my back by somebody else.
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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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Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.
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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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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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