October 2010
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“I hope that our few remaining friends give up on trying to save us. I hope we...”
– The Mountain Goats, “No Children”
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“I’m an addict for dramatics — I confuse the two for love.”
– Taking Back Sunday, “Liar (It Takes One to Know One)”
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“I don’t own emotion — I rent.”
– RENT, “What You Own”
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"And So It Goes" By Billy Joel
This might now be one of my favorite songs of all time. It’s one of the few songs in life in which every line is beautiful to me.
“In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along. I spoke to you in cautious tones. You answered me with no pretense. And still I feel I said too much. My silence is my...
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“With a palmful of stars, I throw them like dice. Repeatedly, I shake them like...”
– Bjork, “Desired Constellation”
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“So let’s find a bar so dark we forget who we are — where all the...”
– RENT, “Out Tonight”
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“There’s only us. There’s only this. Forget regret, or life is yours...”
– RENT, “Another Day”
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“It hurts me to say that it hurts me to stay, and it might be alright if you go....”
– Marianas Trench, “Lover Dearest”
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“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
– Richard Bach
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“I am in love with what we are, not what we should be.”
– Ke$ha, “Animal”
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When Words Fail You...
I was searching for the perfect words, & I found them. The problem is, the perfect words are words I can’t say, or rather, shouldn’t say. Crap. They’re not even mine, but still! What do you do when that happens?
What I mean is, a lot of times when this happens, I’ve already taken the necessary precautions in that I’m already relying on other people’s words...
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“I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most...”
– - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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“It’s alright, just wait & see. Your string of lights is still bright...”
– Taylor Swift, “Innocent”
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“I read persistently. I swam in books as a child, and at some point it becomes...”
– Morrissey, 1984
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“The work you do while procrastinating is the work you should be doing for the...”
– Jessica Nische
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“I’m stuck here alone in the traffic lines while couples in love in the HOV...”
– The Rocket Summer, “Save”
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I wish I could write a letter to my future self... →
Wish granted!
I often say that I wish I could write a letter to my future self to remind myself that looking back doesn’t always mean we’re looking back to a better time (although it seems that way, because we naturally romanticize the past); that things weren’t always as bad as they seemed to be; that everything, despite how much we persist & disbelieve, will be okay.
I...
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“I’d rather be optimistic & a fool, than pessimistic & right.”
– Unknown
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“You, me, we’re face to face but we don’t see eye to eye…”
– Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, “Wouldn’t Change a Thing”
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“If I stand too close I might fall in, but if I’m too far gone I’ll never win....”
– Motion City Soundtrack, “Stand Too Close”
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“What kind of heart doesn’t look back?”
– Sara Bareilles, “Breathe Again”
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Worrier/Warrior
(Photo Credit: Tara Gordon)
When you’re a writer, you have to know when to let an idea simmer over time before you can truly flesh it out. This is an idea I’ve been toying with for years. I’ve revisited it countless times — trying to work it out because writing is a tool for me to dissect complexities until I can make some sense of them for myself. Sometimes you just...
