“Please never forget that the sun rises and sets with your smile. At least to me it does. You’re the only thing on this planet worth worshipping.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“I saw an exquisite pink and blue shell on the sea-bottom. I dove for it, and held it, smooth and hollow in my hand all the morning. I decided it was a lucky charm, and that I would keep it. I am surprised that I have not lost it, for I lose everything. Today it is still pink and warm as it lies in my palm, and makes me feel like crying.”
― Bonjour tristesse
― Bonjour tristesse
“Like a view of the sea on a summer day on the most perfect winding road taken in from your car seat window A thing perfect and ready to become a part of the texture of the fabric of Something more ethereal like Mount Olympus where Zeus and Athena and the rest of the immortals play”
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
“I measure time by the days I've spent away from you/ that thought occurred to me/ as i watched the sky go dark from blue”
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
“Be the art that life is breathing.
Be the soul the world is living.”
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Be the soul the world is living.”
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
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