Natalie Long

“And then—then I learned your name. Hearing you say it … it was like an answer to a question I’d been asking for five hundred years.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“love, be patient with me
as i shed this skin
as i lie old patterns at these feet
as i burn and sweat
as i'm fed by this stream
i can be fierce while this vulnerable
i can seem far away
as these wounds i lick
as i writher, moan, cry and hiss,
and awaken within this
river carrying me home
as i take in this last breath
generous was this passing death
praise be the person i was
as i gasp life into
the warrior
i am now.”
― Tanya Markul , The She Book

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss