Sade Andria Zabala > Quotes

“Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“I am starting to accept
that you never loved me.
And it's sad
because I don't think you see
how beautiful you are to me.
Your face was the light
that chased away the shadows,
every nightmare, every fear.
But you burned out and now
I'm learning to be afraid
of the dark once again.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“I understood myself only after I destroyed myself. And only in the process of fixing myself, did I know who I really was.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“I envy
the cup of coffee
that gets
to kiss
your sleepy lips
awake
every cold and
bitter morning.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“You wanted to see the world.
And yet, all I want is to see you.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“To me you were home, to you I was just a vacation.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“Kill the part of you that believes it can't survive without someone else.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, War Songs

“I hate early mornings.
But I love waking up with you.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“God is such a cruel god
for making you so wonderful,
and for making me so weak.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“I am the girl
you fool around with,
before you meet
the love of your life.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“You are neither coffee nor tea,
you are just the right amount of
whatever it is I’m trying to find.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“I no longer believe
in fairytale endings since
I stopped kissing boys
with mouthfuls of disappointment and
started treating my body like
a burning building
so nobody can get close enough
to get inside of me.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“And the next time I reach for my pen,
it won’t be to write about you again.
The sun will feel warm on my skin once more,
and I will get drunk on the colors of the sky
instead of tasting hangovers dripping from strangers’ lips.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“Do not settle for people who do not appreciate you, who do not know how lucky they are. Remember it is a privilege to be loved by you or even just to be touched by you. And the warmth of another body does not define your worth.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, War Songs

“I said I love you
when what I meant to say was
"I’m afraid of being alone."

I said I need you
when what I meant to say was
"I need to learn how to love myself.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, War Songs

“I ache for you.”
― Sade Andria Zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“I have manipulated everyone
who has ever fallen in love with me
to fall in love with me
and that either makes me a very good
liar
or a very unlovable human being.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“The thought of you
being with someone else is
literally killing me.
And you couldn’t care less. Because
I am just one of the writhing bodies
that ruined your bed sheets.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“I love you
as much as the ocean
kisses the shore
no matter how many times
it is sent away.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“I used to arch my back for boys who couldn’t even remember the color of my bedsheets.
But you, however, made me turnover the arch on my mouth.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“My heart is a bushfire and the next time you try to control me darling, make no mistake -

I will burst out and ravage you in flames.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“I want to be the first thing you touch in the morning and the last thing you taste at night.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“I no longer have to set myself on fire to keep other people warm.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“I, myself, am an adventure. Come experience me.”
― Sade Andria Zabala

“It it wrong of me to want, darling?
Is it wrong of me to leave?
To live?
Today in the shower I washed you out of my hair, but I leave my nails undone.
I sharpen my tongue.
I file my teeth.”
― Sade Andria Zabala