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“Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.”
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“One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves.”
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“The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets.”
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“The way our fingers intertwine feels so natural and right; as if our hands hold memories of meeting in a thousand other lifetimes.”
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“She is a wild, tangled forest with temples and treasures concealed within.”
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“The Ache That Would Not Leave
Behind the hum and routine of daily living, there lay a persistent and wild longing for something she could not easily put into words. It felt like impulsive adventures and watching the sun rise over unfamiliar mountains, or coffee in a street café, set to the background music of a foreign language. It was the smell of the ocean, with dizzying seagulls whirling in a cobalt sky; exotic foods and strange faces, in a city where no one knew her name. She wanted secrets whispered at midnight, and road trips without a map, but most of all, she ached for someone who desired to explore the mysteries that lay sleeping within her. The truly heartbreaking part was that she could feel the remaining days of her life falling away, like leaves from an autumn tree, but still this mysterious person who held the key to unlock her secrets did not arrive; they were missing, and she knew not where to find them.”
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Behind the hum and routine of daily living, there lay a persistent and wild longing for something she could not easily put into words. It felt like impulsive adventures and watching the sun rise over unfamiliar mountains, or coffee in a street café, set to the background music of a foreign language. It was the smell of the ocean, with dizzying seagulls whirling in a cobalt sky; exotic foods and strange faces, in a city where no one knew her name. She wanted secrets whispered at midnight, and road trips without a map, but most of all, she ached for someone who desired to explore the mysteries that lay sleeping within her. The truly heartbreaking part was that she could feel the remaining days of her life falling away, like leaves from an autumn tree, but still this mysterious person who held the key to unlock her secrets did not arrive; they were missing, and she knew not where to find them.”
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“She had a very inconvenient heart. It always insisted on feeling things ever so deeply.”
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“You are not the darkness you endured.
You are the light that refused to surrender.”
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You are the light that refused to surrender.”
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“As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.”
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“Things began happening with odd synchronicity, as if the universe itself was conspiring on behalf of their love story.”
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“You make me feel at home in my own skin, and that is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me.”
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“Let's burn our masks at midnight
and as flickering flames ascend,
under the witness of star-clouds,
let us vow to reclaim our true selves.
Done with hiding and weary of lying,
we'll reconcile without and within.
Then, like naked squint-eyed newborns,
we'll greet the glorious birth of dawn;
blinking at the blazing, wondrous colors
we somehow failed to notice before.”
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and as flickering flames ascend,
under the witness of star-clouds,
let us vow to reclaim our true selves.
Done with hiding and weary of lying,
we'll reconcile without and within.
Then, like naked squint-eyed newborns,
we'll greet the glorious birth of dawn;
blinking at the blazing, wondrous colors
we somehow failed to notice before.”
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“He'd been saving up his love for years and years, waiting for the right person
to spend his fortune on.”
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to spend his fortune on.”
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“Birthing is never easy or without pain, be it a universe, a child, or a fresh start in life. Contraction precedes expansion. Darkness comes before dawn. Joy follows pain. This is the way of things.”
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“Out of the void and vastness of the cosmos, life emerges; audacious, improbable. You and I are here. No other miracle is needed.”
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“Beneath the rust and grime which dulls the shine of our weathered hearts, joy patiently waits to be rediscovered”
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“Beautiful are those whose brokenness gives birth to transformation and wisdom.”
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“Let's just sit quietly and listen to the secrets the rain wants to tell us.”
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“She thirsted for love, but found only a mirage. Some hearts are a desert you can die wandering in.”
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“Sometimes it feels like you've set off a spectacular lightning show in my heart, and I wonder if other people can see the flashes through my skin.”
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“With skin dressed only in moonlight, she beckons you to her secret garden.”
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“I want to hold you close, skin on skin,
and let our heartbeats have a conversation.”
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and let our heartbeats have a conversation.”
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“She was a tragic beauty. Sadness had left its fingerprints all over her face.”
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“Sometimes the only way to get closure is by accepting that you'll never get it.”
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“As the waves relentlessly seek the shore, so my thoughts continually return to you.”
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“You are the artist,
and your days
the canvas.
Will you create
an original
masterpiece,
or live a
paint-by-numbers
kind of life?”
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and your days
the canvas.
Will you create
an original
masterpiece,
or live a
paint-by-numbers
kind of life?”
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“Do you believe in magic?" she asked. "I believe in you," he said. "And you're the closest thing to magic that I've found.”
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“People at war with themselves will always cause collateral damage in the lives of those around them.”
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“Sadness is a bruise on the skin of memory.”
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“Looking back at our lives, the unbelievable thing is that despite all the times when things felt so wrong, we still managed to meet at the perfect moment. Almost as if by some plan
which we were unaware of.”
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which we were unaware of.”
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