sometimes quiet is violent

“I had a dream I put my hands inside my chest and held my heart to try to keep it still.”

“It’s like the people who believe they’ll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn’t work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.”

“I believed in too much too early and when reality arrived I couldn’t stand it.”

“When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying the same place your whole life. And that I can’t do.“”

“I knew I did from the first moment we met. It was… not love at first sight exactly, but- familiarity. Like: oh, hello, it’s you. It’s going to be you.”

“This is a short life, moments that will disappear, years we cannot save.”

“Ours is not a love song sprouted from redemption, hope or even longing. But it is a love song. Sing it under your breath. Sharpen it every morning.”

“I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly.”

“Some will love you for who you are; others will love the mask you wear.”