Orion Carloto > Quotes

“don't get too close,
i'll turn you
into poetry”
― Orion Carloto

“Progress is dancing to the same song I used to cry to.”
― Orion Carloto

“Sometimes things must break
in order for the wishes
we've longed for the most
to come true.”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“I was too busy
admiring the petals
that I forgot
about the thorns.”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“I close my eyes just enough
to let go of the suffering
and allow myself
this moment
to feel everything.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“I was the only one watching myself fall apart; that’s how I became the only one putting myself back together.”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“women are brutally beautiful, they wear heaven in their eyes and hell on their tounges”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“you are your home”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“You are a dream and i don't want to wake up.”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“you can't fight fire with fire,"
is something I always
tried reminding you;
yet, without a shadow of doubt,
we watched each other burn
and called it love.
:')”
― Orion Carloto

“What better way to feel something, or nothing at all, than to tell someone you love them when you don’t mean it.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“If we’re going to feel, let’s do so deeply.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“You can't fight fire with fire,"
is something I always
tried reminding you;
yet, without a shadow of a doubt,
we watched each other burn
and called it love.”
― Orion Carloto

“Never did I imagine seeking such satisfaction
in the smallness of being-
that is until
she looked over at me.”
― Orion Carloto

“you asked me to sing for you, and through my toothy smile I had to admit that I only sound pretty with the capo tuned on 2nd. watching me meticulously handcraft one from miscellaneous hotel souvenirs, I sang to you a song I wrote about someone once before you.”
― Orion Carloto

“Distract me with your sugar-coated mouth And watch back as my teeth rot”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“I never knew how maternal instincts could possibly feel so early on in life, until I walked into that soundless hospital room to see a peaceful you sleeping soundly in the arms of my sister, and I realized that the universe needed us together even if you didn’t grow from my roots.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“Where do I make a home of these restless thoughts when all I want is to feel perceived as heavenly in the eyes of the ones I admire?”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“Would it kill you to just put your pride aside for the slightest second and ask me if I'm doing okay?”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“As the dusk is settling in, I’m reminded that my nights can sometimes feel unbearably lonely. The only visitors I have are the characters I read to life in the books that sit on my bedside table. I’m still getting used to the quiet. But I just know that future-me will look back and envy this stillness. So I’m trying to take it all in without sounding too selfish.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“An abundance of affection can feel intoxicating, too,”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“I don’t want to go back to the winters I’ve lived before you. Because once you’ve seen in color, it’s impossible to imagine going back to black and white.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“I knew I was addicted when it was 3 a.m.
and I was doing it by myself.”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“we watched each other burn and called it love.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“It’s almost as if I was begging on my hands and knees to get my heart broken. But I mean, this is all for the sake of my very own character development, right?”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“If I knew you'd become the person you promised you'd never be,
I don't think I'd be missing you anymore.”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“my dreams failed to prepare me for someone like you.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“The reflection serves nothing more than a reminder that these are all the things I should feel so lucky to love and yet, I’m still learning.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her

“Infatuated with my own desirable imagination,
I turned myself into a victim of my own romanticization.”
― Orion Carloto, Flux

“Nothing could compare to your first real love and first real loss. It’s a tender chapter in character development that I so desperately needed. I think you needed it, too. Everyone is somebody’s fool, and I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of being yours. Here’s to another letter I’ll never send.”
― Orion Carloto, Film for Her