it’s not enough for me to be as good as a man. I gotta be better than them. And I gotta prove it. Every. Damned. Day.
“She thought men were saviors...
...And she looked for more in them than what they were...
Only to rescue herself from those she wished would rescue her...
And isn't that the most tragic lie...
The lie where we tell what we wished were true and believe it...?
She had an artificial memory, a prosthesis to a past that never was...
She was like a party that no one ever went to...
Like a cure...without a disease...
And isn't that the greatest fear of all...to be ready with the answers
to questions that no one asks anymore?”
― Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old
...And she looked for more in them than what they were...
Only to rescue herself from those she wished would rescue her...
And isn't that the most tragic lie...
The lie where we tell what we wished were true and believe it...?
She had an artificial memory, a prosthesis to a past that never was...
She was like a party that no one ever went to...
Like a cure...without a disease...
And isn't that the greatest fear of all...to be ready with the answers
to questions that no one asks anymore?”
― Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old
“You'll leave. And then one day you'll come back, and everything that you once loved about the place will drive you a little bit crazy.”
― A Good American
― A Good American
“A man or woman who travels in the end will never be kept. But if you understand that person well enough, they’ll always be by your side. They might have forgotten where their home is in this world - but you might just make them feel like the closest thing to feeling at home. And while they’ll be leaving country after country, this is the way you will never leave their heart.”
―
―
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.”
― 100 Selected Poems
It's always our self we find in the sea.”
― 100 Selected Poems
“He thinks marriage will make our love more real
when marriage will only make our love more necessary.
Marriage (Often) is just a publicity stunt
a social security,
Yes, I will stay with you
BUT you don't have to marry me
Marriage is not a payment or something you can 'give' me
It is not something that you can do 'for' me only 'with me”
― The People Who Didn't Say Goodbye
when marriage will only make our love more necessary.
Marriage (Often) is just a publicity stunt
a social security,
Yes, I will stay with you
BUT you don't have to marry me
Marriage is not a payment or something you can 'give' me
It is not something that you can do 'for' me only 'with me”
― The People Who Didn't Say Goodbye
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