Marilyn

“Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.”
― Gillian Anderson

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
― Maya Angelou

“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”
― Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women

“Candle In the Wind

Author: Bernie Tauplin

Goodbye Norma Jeane.
Though I never knew you at all.
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled.
And they crawled out of the woodwork,
And they whispered into your brain,
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name.

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind,
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in.
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid,
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did.

Loneliness was tough.
The toughest role you ever played.
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid.
Even when you died
The press still hounded you-
All the paper had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude.

Goodbye Norma Jeane.
Though I never knew you at all.
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled.

Goodbye Norma Jeane.
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something more than sexual,
More than just our Marilyn Monroe.”
― Elton John and Bernie Tauplin