I Carry Your Heart With Me

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)

I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear; 

and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)

I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)

I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant 

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud 

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; 

which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)”

~ E.E. Cummings

You Talk

 “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”

~ Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

We Love The Things

“We love the things we love for what they are.”

~ Robert Frost

Music

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words 

and that which cannot remain silent”

~ Victor Hugo

Only The Very Weak-Minded

“Only the very weak-minded

refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”

~ Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

I Love You

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”

~ Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

I Love You

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. 

I love you simply, without problems or pride: 

I love you in this way because 

I do not know any other way of loving but this, 

in which there is no I or you, 

so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, 

so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”

~ Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter

“All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

I Convinced Her

 "I convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, 
but to her own feelings.”

~ Mario Vargas Llosa, Travesuras de la niña mala

It Was Awful

“It was awful and so surreal to see it unfold before my eyes. 

I will never forget that sight. 

The only thing I could think of is that one day you are king of your domain, 

and the next day you are being escorted to your car by security.”

~ Dean Mafako, M.D., Burned Out

Our Love

“Our love was a two-person game. 

At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer.
”

~ Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

After Their Encounter

“After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, 

there would always be a secret bond between them---

not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring.”

~ Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

If We Can't Repair Things

“If we can’t repair things with the Romans—

well, the two sets of demigods have never gotten along.

That’s why the gods kept us separate.

I don’t know if we could ever belong there.”

Percy didn’t want to argue, but he couldn’t let go of the hope.

It felt important—

not just for him, but for all the other demigods.

It had to be possible to belong in two different worlds at once.

After all, that’s what being a demigod was all about—

not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus,

but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.”

~ Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

A Person Shows Signs

A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, 

of being needy, of not hearing the word "no," 

of jealousy, of guarding you and your freedom. 

But the signs can be so small they skitter right past you. 

Sometimes they dance past, looking satiny, 

something you should applaud. 

Someone's jealousy can make you feel good. 

Special. But it's not even about you. 

It's about a hand that is already gripping. 

It's about their need, circling around your throat”

~ Deb Caletti, Stay