“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn’t mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.” ~Lemony Snicket

“You look at me, now, like this and think ‘This is who they were all along.’ But this is just who I am to other people. And you became other people.” ~I Wrote This for You

“The laws of gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” ~Albert Einstein

“No one is free. Even the birds are chained to the sky.” ~Bob Dylan

“On the surface, I was calm: in secret, without really admitting it, I was waiting for something. Her return? How could I have been waiting for that? We all know that we are material creatures, subject to the laws of physiology and physics, and not even the power of all our feelings combined can defeat those laws. All we can do is detest them. The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that finis vitae sed non amoris, is a lie, useless and not even funny. So must one be resigned to being a clock that measures the passage of time, now out of order, now repaired, and whose mechanism generates despair and love as soon as its maker sets it going?

Must I go on living here then, among the objects we both had touched, in the air she had breathed? In the name of what? In the hope of her return? I hoped for nothing. And yet I lived in expectation. Since she had gone, that was all that remained. I did not know what achievements, what mockery, even what tortures still awaited me. I knew nothing, and I persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past.”

“I hope that one day, years from now we’ll meet up again. And I hope when you see me you’ll think “Wow, I can’t believe I let someone so amazing out of my life.”

“You told me it’d be ok. But you were the one crying. You told me to let go. But you were the one holding onto my shirt.” ~I Wrote This For You

“I read persistently. I swam in books as a child and at some point it becomes quite ruinous. It gets to the point where you can’t answer the door without being heavily analytical about it. But ultimately I think they’ve proved to be positive weapons for me.” ~Morrissey, 1984

“In life, it’s between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity” ~Keith Ferrazzi

“Just say goodbye. You can say it when you get up from the couch. You can say it at the door. I will say it when you get to your car. I’ll scream it as you drive away.” ~I Wrote This For You