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“We have not touched the stars,
nor are we forgiven, which brings us back
to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“I want to believe there is a somebody out there just for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares