I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.
—Greta Garbo
There are people who cannot resist the desire to get into a cage with wild beasts and be mangled.
—Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
I want you to know that it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes my chest is a field full of landmines, and where you went last night, you can’t go tomorrow. There is no manual, there is no road map, no help line you can call; my body does not come with instructions, and sometimes even I don’t know what to do with it. This cannot be easy. But still, you touch me anyway.
—Ivan E. Coyote
Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.
—Mary Rakow
I wait and ache.
—Sylvia Plath
In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.
—Gertrude Stein
I want someone who is fierce and will love me until death and knows that love is as strong as death, and be on my side forever and ever. I want someone who will destroy and be destroyed by me.
—Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
You like him because he’s a lost boy. Believe me, I’ve seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.
— David Levithan, Every Day
When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.
—Joel Osteen
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
—Haruki Murakami
