waiting

"waiting is painful. 

forgetting is painful.

but not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering."

-paulo coelho

when you're a stranger

"…when you're strange

faces come out of the rain

when you're strange

no one remembers your name

people are strange when you're a stranger

faces look ugly when you're alone…"

- from "people are strange" by the doors

sometimes i hear my voice

"…i said sometimes i hear my voice

and it's been here

silent all these years

i've been here

silent all these years…"

- tori amos

my least favorite life

"this is my least favorite life

the one where you fly and i don't

a kiss holds a million deceits

and a lifetime goes up in smoke

this is my least favorite you

who floats far above earth and stone…

the whisper of two broken wings

may be they're yours, maybe they're mine

this is my least favorite life

the one where i'm out of my mind

the one where you are just out of reach

the one where i stay and you fly…"

- from "my least favorite life" by lera lynn

i could disappear

"i could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge."

-haruki murakami

stand out

"when you don't fit in, be sure to stand out."

- johnnie dent jr.

how to sail

"i am not afraid of storms, for i am learning how to sail my ship"

- louisa may alcott

dance with death

"dance with death

you had to dance with death…

now you're doomed to the sky

always trying to reach a little too high"

- from "dance with death" by hurray for the riff raff

buoy

"kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning."

- richelle e. goodrich