Evie

“I'm like you,' he said. 'I remember everything.'

I stopped for a second. If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when you’re just ready to shut the door of the taxi and have already said goodbye to everyone else and there’s not a thing left to say in this life, then, just this once, turn to me, even in jest, or as an afterthought, which would have meant everything to me when we were together, and, as you did back then, look me in the face, hold my gaze, and call me by your name”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“...if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of Confidence. Either that or a scented candle.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“my candle burns at both ends it will not last the night but arh my friends and oh my foes it gives a lovely light”
― Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”
― James Dickey