James > James's Quotes

“Knowing someone isn't coming back
doesn't mean you ever stop waiting”
― Toby Barlow

“he knows that it's impossible to tell a wolf
from a man if
he keeps his chin up
and his teeth clean.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“The bullet we're running from is almost never the one that hits us.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“And were you cornered by her,
eye to eye,
you would see that
there are still some watchful creatures
whose essence lies unbound by words.
There is still a wilderness.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“The heart is a bloody thing. ”
― Toby Barlow

“Some things don't pass, the injuries don't heal they merely find a place in our guts and in our bones where they fitfully rest, tossing and turning between our knuckles and ribs waiting to wake as the shadows grow long.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“Call him Judas if you want
but he did it for reasons
much older than silver.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“As she stared at the ceiling that first night
her body softly falling back into itself,
she thought of how we dream of journeying
on spaceships to other universes, other worlds,
but really, for the forever,
we're stuck here on the dirt and
the only time we will travel anywhere truly unknowable
is when we slip into the skin of another,
venturing into their mysteries,
always hoping for
a safe landing.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“There are two things that make
the conscious world move,
decision and desire.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“Everyone is always looking in the wrong direction,
we worry about our lovers while losing our jobs
we stress out about cancer while our children run away
we ponder the stars while burning the earth.
Lark used to say the buller we're running from
is almost never the one that hits us.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“Like so much of the trouble in the world
it ends simply with exhaustion.”
― Toby Barlow, Sharp Teeth

“I have wandered many roads that I have never traveled; touched many things that my eyes have never seen. It is through stories that life is made, and through stories that life is saved.”
― James Avery Fuchs, Gasoline and Winter

“Loving someone isn’t about fairy tales or control. None of us walk through the world unwounded. Love is simply giving someone a safe space to grow and heal, and that’s how we have to love ourselves as well.”
― James Avery Fuchs, Gasoline and Winter

“Power belongs in the hands of love, not memories.”
― James Avery Fuchs, Gasoline and Winter