She said,
"I'd prefer a broken neck to another broken heart,
Broken parts that litter the night sky like stars."
But remember,
even the beauty of birth leaves its own scars,
and know
that you will find your home
right where you are.
We will find our homes
right where we are.

Amir Sulaiman

Neil Gaiman, on the title for his collection of stories

"I think I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt."

It seemed like a fine title for a book of short stories. There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.

Anis Mojgani, "For those who can still ride an airplane for the first time"

I lift bridges with poems, motherfucker,
and forests grow in my mother's eyes.
I am looking for God, Quentin,
while this world says "fuck you" for trying.
For this world hates your eyes, Quentin,
for they are small and pure.

Marty McConnell, "Instructions for a Body"

Tell me you don't matter to a universe that conspired to give you such a tongue,
such rhythm, or rhythmless hips,
such opposable thumbs.
GIVE THANKS, or go home a waste of spark.
SPEAK, or let the maker take back your throat.
MARCH, or let the creator rescind your feet.
DREAM, or let your god destroy your good and fertile mind.
This is your warning, this your birthright.
DO NOT LET THIS UNIVERSE REGRET YOU.

Come, come, come
whoever you are
wonderer
worshipper
lover of leaving
It doesn't matter
ours is not a caravan of despair
come, even if you have broken your vow
a thousand times
Come yet again
come, come

-Rumi

dark night poem

they say that
nothing is wasted:
either that
or
it all is.

I want to BE Julia Nunes.

REGRETS
Give me a break with this heart ache,
I doubt it will make it through till tomorrow.
It's bogged down with sorrow and guilt
and it's built on these stilts which wobble 5 feet and 3 inches high.

You ask me why I'm this way
and all I can say is I've gone through my fair share of shit.
And you want all I've got, so we'll give it a shot,
I just hope you don't regret it.

I'm unimpressed, think it's best if we give it a rest.
I'm so tired, I can't stand for fear I will land on my ass.
Let time pass, this can't last, cause I'm just barely getting by.

You ask me why I'm this way,
and all I can say is I've got nothing to hide behind.
No excuses to confuse this,
guess everyone loses, but it's better than living a lie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzps9iXwpG4

Not In Vain

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time.
Jason Mraz


Thank you, I will do my best.

What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?

Rob (<3 John Cusack), "High Fidelity"

"You must keep writing so we can take back words like 'gay,' 'retarded,' and 'faggot,' and teach people that they are not confetti."

Mike Rossi, in his letter to the cast of the Monologue Show, some of the most beautiful words I have ever received