“Let me say right now for the record,
I’m still going to be here
asking this world to dance,
even if it keeps stepping on my holy feet.
You, you stay here with me, okay?
You stay here with me.
Raising your bite against the bitter dark,
your bright longing,
your brilliant fists of loss.
Friend, if the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other,
my god that is plenty
my god that is enough
my god that is so so much for the light to give
each of us at each other’s backs
whispering over and over and over,
“Live. Live. Live.”
― The Madness Vase
I’m still going to be here
asking this world to dance,
even if it keeps stepping on my holy feet.
You, you stay here with me, okay?
You stay here with me.
Raising your bite against the bitter dark,
your bright longing,
your brilliant fists of loss.
Friend, if the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other,
my god that is plenty
my god that is enough
my god that is so so much for the light to give
each of us at each other’s backs
whispering over and over and over,
“Live. Live. Live.”
― The Madness Vase
“i am not a hotel room. i am home
i am not the whiskey you want
i am the water you need
don't come here with expectations
and try to make a vacation out of me”
― Milk and honey
i am not the whiskey you want
i am the water you need
don't come here with expectations
and try to make a vacation out of me”
― Milk and honey
“Humans are strange, adaptable animals, and eventually get used to anything, even the impossible or unbearable. ... Terror is tiring, and difficult to keep up indefinitely, so sooner or later it must be replaced with something more practical.”
― A Skinful of Shadows
― A Skinful of Shadows
“Bear, I need your eyes. I need your nose. I need your night-wits and forest-wisdom.”
― A Skinful of Shadows
― A Skinful of Shadows
“What strange beasts people are, she thought. We adjust to everything so quickly. Perhaps we would even get used to Hell.”
― A Skinful of Shadows
― A Skinful of Shadows
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