moon child

“Bury your past. Let flowers grow where you lay.”

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”

“There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets.”

“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”

“I missed you in a small way. Tiny enough to fold up and put in my pocket, and carry that loneliness with me everywhere I went. I’d forget all about you, until my hand accidentally brushed against that slip of memory.”

“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

“They promise me the world will keep on spinning without you, but honestly, that is what worries me most.”

“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.”

“The sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”

“One day the sky will crack open and the stars will pour out in waves of moonlight- and there is your love.”

“The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you.”

“We all grew up and did the things we said we’d never do.”

“My bones are calling out your name.”

“We are all unusual and tragic and alive.”

“If you forget everything else about me, please remember this. I walked down that street and I never looked back and I love you. I love you. I love you so much that I shall hate you for ever for today.”

“Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another. Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because you’re empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.”