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“You spoke to her, in hidden dreams...and smiled at her through open doors. She felt your secret love surround her at times. And while alone she felt your breath, heartbeat and more... Serenity of hers is never-ending, soothing....it leads, lures, calls you... Ah, timeless burning flame!.. Her kiss is ocean salty water, you drink and thirst increases...you long and pray for more...”
― Artist Emerald

“For if life, once empty of attachments
and sweet illusions, is a starless winter night,
still it’s enough for me of mortal fate
and comfort and revenge that I can lie here
lazy, lifeless on the grass,
watching the sea and earth and sky, and smile.”
― Giacomo Leopardi, Canti

“Why was it that the sight of water made everything in the world seem okay? She wanted to look at water every day.”
― E.C. Diskin, Depth of Lies

“Time passed. I wasn’t sure how long I lay there among the flowers, behind a huge stone on the hill, fantasizing about a serene nonexistence.”
― Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire