30 quotes found
“It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.”
“Because rain will wash away everything, if you let it.”
“Let the statues crumble. You have always been the place.”
“I will love you with too many commas, but never any asterisks.”
“I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.”
“Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entirely for granted as ...”
“Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they li...”
“Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth telling. Each callused palm, each cracked knuckle is a missed punch or years in a factory.”
“If I should have a daughterInstead of Mom, shes gonna call me Point B. Because that way, she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And Im going to paint the...”
“The TypeEveryone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else. -Richard SikenIf you grow up the type of woman men want to look at,you can let them look at you. But do not mistake eyes for ...”
“My world was the size of a crayon box, and it took every colour to draw her”
“If you grow up the type of woman men want to look at,You can let them look at you.But do not mistake eyes for hands,Or windows for mirrors.Let them see what a woman looks like.They may not have eve...”
“You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space before you forget that words are sometimes used for things other than filling emptiness.”
“This is how I disappear in pieces.This is how I leave while not moving from my seat.This is how I dance away.This is how I'm gone before you wake.”
“I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but dont be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.”
“Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.”
“I love youas much as the oceankisses the shoreno matter how many timesit is sent away.”
“My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.”
“It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.”
“But I have seen the best of you and the worst of you, and I choose both”
“Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as I watched her fall.”