Sam

“In order to become the chisel that breaks the marble inside us, the artist must first become the hammer." [Soviet censor of paintings and photos]”
― Anthony Marra, The Tsar of Love and Techno

“Gravity breaking our kneecaps just to show us the sky.”
― Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

“Be authentic to yourself, but if you must cheat, cheat yourself out of the lies the world created.”
― Robert M. Drake, Beautiful Chaos

“It is not her love coming to an end;
she will always have love tucked underneath her rib cage.
This is another failed love attempt reaching its last page,
a relationship fading into the image of a memory,
and a woman understanding that it is not her job to plant, water, and harvest love in a man all at once,
especially one who doesn't want to taste the goodness of her love.

All that matters now is that she gave it her best shot,
another bullet wound from someone she handed the gun to.”
― Pierre Alex Jeanty, Ashes of Her Love