“Do you think that everyone gets to be a star like that? Do you think that everyone gets to be seen? Gets to be loved? Gets to glow? They don't. They don't get to do it like you did. They don't get to be as beautiful as you were. And you just wanted to burn up.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
― Love Letters to the Dead
“Sometimes we want our bodies to do a better job of showing the things that hurt us, the stories we keep hidden inside of us.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
― Love Letters to the Dead
“Nirvana means freedom. Freedom from suffering. I guess some people would say that death is just that. So, congratulations on being free, I guess. The rest of us are still here, grappling with all that's been torn up.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
― Love Letters to the Dead
“Being a rock star is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
― Love Letters to the Dead
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel, or not to feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to -- letting a person be what he really is.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
― Love Letters to the Dead
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