- we don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.
- meanwhile patroklos, like a god in firelight, made the hearth blaze up.
- i will wade out till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers. i will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air, alive, with closed eyes.
- mistakes aren't made by locking your feelings away and holding back... they're made while wearing your heart on your sleeve.
- so often we do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.
- we say to girls, 'you can have ambition, but not too much. you should aim to be successful, but not too successful. otherwise, you will threaten the man.'
- your body is an art and the stage is your canvas.
- what can i do with my happiness? how can i keep it, conceal it, bury it where i may never lose it?
- a good love is one that casts you into the wind, sets you ablaze, makes you burn through the skies and ignite the night like a phoenix.
- i have galaxies hidden between my bones and i will love you until the stars burn out.
- i hope one day you find someone who makes flowers grow in even the saddest parts of you.
- some people are born with tornadoes in their lives, but constellations in their eyes.
- the danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.
- even if my wings are trampled in the darkness, you know i’m unbreakable.
- even if we’re not couple-y and affectionate, i want to link arms with you like everyone else and comfort each other and really mean it.
- beautiful stranger, an angel with a clear soul. the music that reaches through the tips of my hands, that music possesses my heart.
- his hair is a crown of leaves, of thorns, of flames. his eyes are blazing with light, more light than all the lights in every city in the whole world, more light than we could ever invent.
- i wanted to be his life preserver, the thing that would keep him afloat. instead he became my anchor.
- he was contemplation and enthusiasm. ambition and strong coffee. i could have looked at him forever.
- you are my sympathy— my better self— my good angel— i am bound to you with a strong attachment.
- when the rain is blowing in your face, and the whole world is on your case, i would offer you a warm embrace.
- she rules her life like a bird in flight.
- so if you love someone, you should let them know. the light that you left me will ever glow.
- don’t chase people. be an example. attract them. work hard and be yourself. the people that belong in your life will come find you and stay. just do your thing.
- and then he smiles and in all the places around the globe where it's night, day breaks.
- i swear i see flowers blooming from your chest and galaxies in your eyes. i see the stars on the tip of your tongue and the sun on your skin.
feb 10 2016 ∞
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