Mira Hadlow > Quotes

“She was madness, but she was art.

Some precarious balance of shadow and light.

Because those who feel the weight of beauty always risk being destroyed by it.”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn

“And somehow, the thunder in him silenced the thunder in me.”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn

“My love can set your soul on fire, or it can burn your world to the ground.”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn

“I am no one’s beloved. No one’s daughter. A pulse inside borrowed air.”
― Mira Hadlow, Nearly: Poems

“We called our madness by other names in order to make it palatable. We called it passion, except on the days it soured and caught in our throats.

On those days, we called it love.”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn

“Your leaving carried its own light.”
― Mira Hadlow, Nearly: Poems

“In the absence of a lover,I was satisfied to make love to my own melancholy”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn

“When you go under, go honest. Eyes open. Palms bare.”
― Mira Hadlow, Nearly: Poems

“We stood near something that wanted to become revelation but lacked the discipline.”
― Mira Hadlow, Nearly: Poems

“You tasted like salt, and coffee, and good intentions, and empty promises.”
― Mira Hadlow, Nearly: Poems

“I ask the old gods to keep you breathing in whatever bed holds you.”
― Mira Hadlow, Nearly: Poems

“I have lived a hundred lifetimes and known a thousand men. You're man enough to speak your mind, but too cowardly to claim me.”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn

“I knew you could destroy me like no one ever had.

And I knew I'd let you.”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn

“This was the cruelest of ironies; you only loved the parts of me that needed finding, and I had to choose between losing everything and staying lost.”
― Mira Hadlow, As Muses Burn