Audrey

“what hurts the most
is seeing the girls
you choose after me
beside you
for other reasons
than loving your heart”
― Ellen Everett, I Saw You As A Flower: A Poetry Collection

“i let the sun
give me freckles
so i could share
a piece of sunshine
with someone
in the dark”
― Ellen Everett, I Saw You As A Flower: A Poetry Collection

“Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people. Otherwise, of course, you can despair. Walk down the street of any city, any afternoon, and look around you. What you've got to remember is what you're looking at is also you. Everyone you're looking at is also you. You could be that person. You could be that monster, you could be that cop. And you have to decide, in yourself, not to be.”
― James Baldwin

“what do you love most about the world?"
Ida smiles. "I love that every generation thinks they've invented it. They think they're the first ones to fall in love and get their hearts broken, to feel loss and passion and pain. And in a way, they are. We've been there before, of course. But for young people, that doesn't matter. Everything is new. Which I love, because it means everything is always beginning again. It's hopeful, I think. At least to me.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love