Fear is the vehicle in which love can do its worst.
Phil Volatile, Crushed Black Velvet.
“I dont need the facts. Im a Pisces.”
“I talk about writing and write so much because aside from music, its the only thing giving me peace and reason and purpose. Everyone is looking for answers but I dont have them and Im not the answe...”
“But now that Im scrubbingtoilets on my hands & knees,with four degrees,I realize that one escape routeleads to another”
“Theres a universalunderstanding betweenmen of the silent sorrowa man endures whenhe loses a woman heloves”
“and tonight we held each other, one last time,like a dance to aslow songon an empty floor, underneath a singledisco ballin front of no oneat all”
“Two kinds ofpeople will love you:those who confessit, and those whoshow you, likecards on a table,because love isa gamble”
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”
“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”
“Fear is all in the mind”
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”
“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”
“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”
“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”