Martha Combs

“I didn't feel lonely until there was something to yearn for. Loneliness and longing are two sides of the same coin.”
― Jostein Gaarder, The Ringmaster's Daughter

“and when he dies, cut him out in little stars, and the face of heaven will be so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no heed to the garish sun.”
― William Shakespeare

“Or deep down, maybe there was more. Maybe I wanted someone to figure out who wrote the note and secretly come to my rescue.
Maybe. I don’t know. But I was careful never to give myself away.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“She goes on with her beautiful hair and mouth like before,
I go on like before, alone in the field.
It’s like my head had been lowered,
And if I think this, and raise my head
And the golden sun dries the need to cry I can’t stop having.
How vast the field and interior love... !
I look, and I forget, like dryness where there was water and trees losing their leaves.”
― Alberto Caeiro, O Pastor Amoroso