William Malabanan

“But that love was not meant to destroy me. It was meant to lift, to be the flame that kindles, not consumes.”
― Catherine Anne Castillo, In the Darkness of Shards: Poems from a Broken Place

“You don’t need to remove your bandages alone. There will always be people who will be there for you as you expose your wounds, and you have to allow them. You have to. That’s how we’re supposed to live our lives.”
― Allene Allanigue, Her Last Cigarette Yesterday

“Love was opening gates, letting in a person apart from oneself, hoping they’d fill the space of her empty rooms, and trusting them not to break her house... for what was the point of love if not showing both the good and bad parts, both the impregnable and vulnerable parts? Once we love someone, we could never really unlove them, could never really take away the rooms in which they inhabit, only dictate the spaces where they were allowed to occupy. There was really no going back once we opened the gates to someone else. They’d have left their marks inside.”
― Mica De Leon, Love on the Second Read

“You cannot be sad ina flower crown." - Enzo”
― Lexie Janson, Crown of Shadows