lloyd

"You tried to change didn't you?

"You remember the day your core, your pigeon heart got lost in the wind because that was a message it did not know how or where to carry and one by one the boys have fallen as silently as the birds do."

"Oppression -overwhelming control- is necrophilic; it is nourished by love of death, not life."

"Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that isn't comfortable. I dare you."

"Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn't have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and poetic imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn't have to be a walk during which you'll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don't find meaning but "steal" some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn't make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be."

"For love is the necessary foundation enabling us to survive the wars, the hardships, the sickness, and the dying with our spirits intact. It is love that allows us to survive whole."

"To be loving is to be open to grief, to be touched by sorrow, even sorrow that is unending."

"They asked "do you love her to death?"

"They asked "do you love her to death?" I said "speak her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life"

"And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?

"Come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me, and has failed."

"When the pain gets too heavy, make sure you spit it out. You must never chew. You must NEVER swallow."