Some things don’t last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you can take out and unfold in your darkest times, pressing down on the corners and peering in close, hoping you still recognize the person you see there.
— Sarah Dessen

The Meaning We Give To Words

And I'm sorry if I haven't written to you in a while. It's just that life gets in the way of living. It's just that my fingers were stuck together. It's just that all the paper in the world caught fire.

You'll forgive me if I haven't written in a while. It's just that all the envelopes made love to dragonflies and now, we cannot bring them down. It's just that time stopped ticking. It's just that all the ink ran clear.

My apologies if I haven't written in a while. It's just that words ran out of letters (these are the last in the bag). It's just that language isn't perfect. It's just, me.

All I could do for now is just hold on...

(I will see you guys next years.. Happy 2011!!)

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering — The History of Love, Nicole Krauss

All you can do is play along at life and hope that sometimes you get it right.
— Dexter

Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away. — Ben Hecht

The Today

Where were you yesterday? I missed you.

Then I was somewhere else, and it was bright. A voice said

"If you'd carried on practicing that song you almost got right, you would've been great. Bigger than the Beatles."

It continued

"If you'd carried on working on that book you almost finished, it would've changed the lives of many, many people."

Then it said

"If you'd tried to reach the one you loved just a little bit more, when you almost had them, your life would've been completely different."

And I asked

"Is this what happens when I die?"

And the voice said

"Almost."

I once dated a guy who kept part of himself hidden. He never gave anyone a chance to accept him. And in the end, everyone lost.
— Gossip Girl

Is That Safe?

I hate waiting at red lights even more now because you aren’t there to kiss me until they turn green.

People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life…

— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)

"And when I asked you how you’d been I meant I missed you more than I’ve ever missed anything before.”
— I Wrote This For You