"ever forward"

"it'll be alright in the morning" -pinneo

i am not afraid. i was born to do this. -joan of arc

"love isnt about finding the perfect person, it's about seeing an imperfect person perfectly."

some philosophies fuel a belief in the self,
constructed to keep one's goods on one's own shelf.
built well you're a strong letter i,
with the feet on the ground and the head to the sky.
now and then you can bend,
it's okay to lean over my way.
you fear that you can't do it all,
and you're right.
even diligent day takes relief every day
from its work making light from the night.

and when you're holding me
we make a pair of parentheses.
there's plenty space to encase
whatever weird way my mind goes,
i know i’ll be safe in these arms.

if something in the deli aisle makes you cry
you know I’ll put my arm around you
and I’ll walk you outside,
through the sliding doors,
why would I mind?

you're not a baby if you feel the world.
all of the babies can feel the world. that's why they cry.

a sister may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self. -marian sandmaier

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sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can pretty much change your life forever. - felicity


when your heart gets broken, you sort of see the cracks in everything. - sally


i'm learning little by little that we decide what our lives are gonna be. things happen to us. but it's our reactions that matter. - sally


on one hand, expectations can inspire you, but then again, they can really let you down. - sally


you can't know who that person is, the person who will become your ultimate confidant, your soul mate, or your lover. - sally


sometimes bad things just happen -- no reason, no purpose. They just occur and we're left to pick up the pieces the best we can. - sally


sometimes in a relationship, going through hell isn't so bad if you come out of it a little stronger. The same is true about friends. - sally


love is complicated -- full of sacrifice and compromise. but maybe that’s the best part. - sally


do you know what I definitely believe in? fate -- that things happen for a reason. - felicity


maybe getting over someone you’re in love with isn’t impossible. unless, maybe you don’t actually get over it. maybe you just learn to live with it. - felicity


the hardest part about moving forward is not looking back. - sally


i've become a real believer in not defining every single thing. seems like everytime you think you've figured out what something is, it just becomes something else. - sally


our best decisions, the ones that we never regret, come from listening to ourselves. - sally


...i love felicity...and her sweaters...

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i take a problem and chew on it 'til all the flavor's gone, and then stick it in my hair.



i sat in the window of my room and watched you go away. it was all I could do. youre going away to leave me alone in all of this sorrow, in this misery. so look now, my darling ill have to abandon all thought of you.

as your going away i still see your dear little head as it touched mine saying goodbye, forever goodbye. those words you said to me have broken my heart. yes, they've broken my heart. they were false and you did lie.

goodbye, my dear goodbye forever.

youre going away. death is hard but your leaving is worse Oh yes, my dear your leaving is worse. youre going, my dear youre going forever and leaving me all alone in all of this grief

so how, my dear, how will i forget you when i see your face wherever i go? when I close my eyes? it's sad though i see you your beautiful blue eyes, your beautiful lie, i sat in the window of my room, ind watched you go away, It was all I could do, it was all I could do.


i think it can all be summed up in 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'.
and the road back?

humility.



she's always said, "what's the rush, when things are so good?" i don't know what the hell she's so afraid of - it's like she's always waiting for the bottom to drop out.

you know why she thinks that, don't ya, honey? because it did. it always did.



i will only smoke once... a day. and i will only have a drink once a week…i mean a day.


-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood.

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find a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck
but if that penny faces down, you'd better leave it on the ground

sometimes we can afford to be picky.

i hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
i hate the way you drive my car, i hate it when you stare.
i hate your big dumb combat boots and the way you read my mind.
i hate you so much it makes me sick,it even makes me rhyme.
i hate the way youre always right, i hate it when you lie.
i hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
i hate it when youre not around, and the fact that you didnt call.

but mostly i hate the way i dont hate you,

not even close
not even a little bit
not even at all.

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"

i don't pretend to know what love is for everyone,
but i can tell you what it is for me;

love is knowing all about someone,
and still wanting to be with them more than any other person,

love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself,
including the things you might be ashamed of,

love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone,
but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you."

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you arent going to be her first, her last, or her only. she's loved before, she will love again, but if she loves you now what else matters? shes not perfect. you arent either, and the two of you will never be perfect. but if she can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and admits to being human and making mistakes, hold on to her and give her the most you can. she isnt going to quote poetry, shes not thinking about you every moment, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you could break. dont hurt her, dont change her, dont expect more than she can give. dont analyze. smile when she makes you happy, yell when she makes you mad, and miss her when shes not there. love hard when there is love to be had. -bob marley