Nathaniel Luscombe > Quotes

“For who listens to headlines,
Who watches the news,
And thinks that things spoken could happen to you?”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, There is Us

“I crave love, but I want an organic form, not someone else's leftovers.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“My grandpa likes to tell real ghost stories. He loves explaining that term because it’s something he uses to describe the stories that are scary but true. He goes back to the war, when so many people fought and died. Then he goes even further and talks about the world in general. He always ends with one specific line:
“The reason I’m telling you this is because the world survives through stories and without them we are nothing.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, There is Us

“Talent brings about opportunity, but it doesn't determine destiny.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“Life is much easier without risks. Maybe not as rewarding, but a reward sounds like something I have to fight for.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“None of us seem to have a purpose anymore but my search has become my purpose.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, There is Us

“As I speak, I fully grasp the weight of my growth. I've dug myself a place to live in, and now I'm ready to begin blooming.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“Everyone else seemed to have at least one partner working with them. I ran around the track on my own, a moon without an orbit.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“Perhaps the reason this all started is because I never listened to my body. Every ache, every warning was too small to notice on its own, but they built up enough for me to be unable to ignore them any longer. If I'd listened sooner, maybe I wouldn't have burnt out in such a severe manner.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“Not even human technology was a match for the fury of a planet.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Human Scars on Planet Skin

“If you live your life based on other people's reactions, you'll never truly live.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“They called themselves free spirits, but in their freedom they forgot to make sure that everyone else was free.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, The Ones with Gilded Bones

“I wish I could live without being perceived.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“I don't think there's much difference between panicking and dying.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“I wonder when being human became synonymous with being destructive.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“I've spoken to people at the end of their life who are just beginning to realize how much freedom they could've had if they'd just went for it. There is nothing quite as sad as someone realizing their entire life could have been fuller.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“I wish I could walk through the desert without worrying about the trauma building on its surface.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“The joy filling every crevice in my soul is something a pen could not put to paper.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“I refuse to bring someone into this world, only to hand them loneliness and pain.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“In all my frustrations, I've forgotten what it means to live in an unforgiving universe.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“The older you get, the more you'll learn that people have a problem with something until it benefits them. It's stupid and hypocritical, but it can't be changed. It's human nature.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“Emotions are like wild animals. They need prey.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“The universe above me, the moon below me, and me--stuck in the middle. I don't know who I am or who I should be. I am a being made from other people's feelings.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“His eyes are like the sky--infinite and full of contemplation.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“That is the peace of life: knowing other options exist beyond the talents we were born with.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“I could suffocate in a room of my thoughts. That's how heavy they get.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“Why do I struggle to ask for help? It's like I've placed an expectation on other people to notice I need help before I c an tell them about my pain. I forget that they can't see beneath my skin. I wish we were all a little better at reading each other. Then perhaps understanding would wash away the pain.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul

“She is a needle threading through every universe.
And she is not alone.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Unconventional Love: Anthology on the Expanse of Love

“We could not hold the burdens on our backs, so we left them in order to find our own way, revealing the world to the innocent so that they could bear their own weight.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, Faces to the Sun

“There is goodness to think about but sometimes we don’t consider them until the darkest times”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, There is Us