closing ours

"and your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing."

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

Than live on my knees I'd rather die on my feet [...] So you can watch me, watch me rise With the things we carry

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Him that I love, I wish to be Free -- Even from me.

Sticks and stones break my bones But it's the words that make me cry

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

I hurled insults at him, I told him not to waste his rotten prayers on me; it was better to burn than to disappear.

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.)

He licked his lips. "Well, if you want my opinion-" "I don’t," she said. "I have my own."

Man, it takes a long time to sound like yourself.

The present moment is the destination, the point to arrive at. Every time you breathe in and take a step, you arrive.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.