The Universe Of Us Quotes

“It was a kind love, a selfless love. I was a dreamer, and you were a traveler. We met at the crossroads. I saw love in your smile, and I recognized it for the first time in my life. But you had a plane to catch, and I was already home.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“It was all I wanted for the longest time- to open my eyes and see you there. To stretch out my hand and touch the soft, yielding warmth of your skin. But now I have learned the secret of distance. Now I know being close to you was never about the proximity.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“It was a quiet love, a tacit love. It came without prelude or preamble. We never said the word love–we didn’t have to. It was in our laughter, in the sense of wonder we found in each other. And if we had doubts then, time has told us otherwise.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“There is safety in numbness–
there is solace
in sleep.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“To know him

If you want to know his heart, pay close attention to what angers him.

If you want to know his mind, listen for the words that linger in his silence.

If you want to know his soul, look to where his eyes are when you catch him smiling.”
― Lang Leav

“I remember the first time I saw my favorite painting, how its fragile beauty caught my breath. And I thought if the artist had painted just one brushstroke less, he could have told an entirely different story. If he began with a smear of red instead of blue, it could have been a chapter instead of an era.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“It was a gentle love, a tactile love. It was all hands and lips and hearts in tandem. There was motion in our bodies and emotion in our discourse. We were a symphony of melody and melancholy. When you find peace in another’s presence, there is no mistaken.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“I loved you once and now I must spend my whole life explaining why.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“We were born to walk this world in intersecting lines.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)

“I know you were born with your heart already broken. But the world began in pieces and somehow made itself whole.”
― Lang Leav, The Universe of Us (Volume 4)