C. Streetlights > Quotes

“After,
you stood there tucking in your shirt,
watching me cry in devastation.
For you, I was nothing.
And I
was nothing.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“When the sun rises and sets the world on fire, I will be sitting on the hill facing east. Holding my palms out to it, I'll catch the flame in my hands and I won't let it go out again this time.

I am passion again.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“And here we are, a few years later. There you are and here I am. All of you are scattered in different places now. But I am still standing.

In spite of you.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“Loathing? Yes I know it well. I've heard its voice. I have felt its breathe. And sometimes, when I am very honest with myself, I can't tell the difference between It and Me.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“I've learned that if I say "yes" to something I don't want, or is unimportant, I'm saying "no" to what is important to me.”
― C. Streetlights

“We live on shifting sands in a time that moves far too quickly. All we seek is permanence and those who step forward find it.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“words don’t define me, I define them. I bring words to life. I pull them from the dust, the rib, the matter unorganized.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“I will lay there in that dark, with my bare-naked, skinny-dipped soul, with all my truth’s words drying off me, becoming a part of me, and that’s where you’ll find me. You’ll find me in the dark.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“Nobody wins a prize for being the most wretched.”
― C. Streetlights

“There’s nothing sadder than skipped truth, except maybe standing there and watching it disappear in shallow water. Gone.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“I cried for the woman I'd lost and for the granddaughter I never was.  ”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“I will lay there in that dark, with my bare-naked, skinny-dipped soul, with all my truth’s words drying off me, becoming a part of me, and that’s where you’ll find me. You’ll find me in the dark.  ”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“My body is mine. I’ve created and carried children with this body. I’ve survived serious medical conditions with this body. I’ve endured great trials with this body. I’ve come near death with this body and carried it away. I’ve experienced every emotion and felt every joy and burden; all with this body. My”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“I have a love-dislike relationship with my body. I love its curves but dislike its bulges. I love my hair but dislike its bizarre cowlick that divides the back of my head like a fault line. I love my legs but dislike the knees attached to them. I love my passion but greatly dislike my temper. For”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

“This is one of the many unspoken realities of surviving rape: not only do we survive the violations itself, but we endure the lifetime violation of dreams, memories, and personal identities.”
― C. Streetlights

“As a rape/sexual assault survivor I've found my voice won't be controlled in my writing. It is mine.”
― C. Streetlights