We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worst, returned. But one thing about human beings that puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with ( Read more... )

You must
nurture the kiss. Turn out the lights. Notice how it
illuminates the room. Hold it to your chest
and wonder if the sand inside hourglasses comes from a
special beach.

- Jeffrey McDaniel

She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them.

- Jedediah Berry

Currently revisiting an old classic, Intensity, published way back in '96.

"'... sometimes I dream that I can fly ( Read more... )

"With you I’m useless with words, as if somehow I had to learn to speak all over again, as if the words I needed haven’t been invented yet."

What I was ashamed to say, love has emboldened me to write.

"Dicere quod puduit, scribere jussit armor."

I love this. Someone write this about me.

"And I wanna play hide and seek, give you my clothes, tell you I love your shoes, sit on the steps while you take a bath and massage your neck, and kiss your face, and hold your hand, and go for a walk. Not mind when you eat my food. Meet you at Rudy's and talk about the day, talk about your day. And ( Read more... )

This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't

"Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book ( Read more... )