“I wept because I could not believe anymore and I love to believe. I can still love passionately without believing. That means I love humanly. I wept because from now on I will weep less. I wept because I have lost my pain and I am not yet accustomed to its absence.”
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“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn’t paint it very well.”
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“Well I haven't fucked much with the past,
But I've fucked plenty with the future.
- Babelogue”
― Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future
But I've fucked plenty with the future.
- Babelogue”
― Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future
“I don't think," he insisted. "I feel.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. They’re a sign of FRUSTRATION. She’s only crying so she won’t cut your throat in your sleep. So make nice and be grateful.”
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