New Beginings

“and I trusted you with things I have trusted very few people with. things I prefer to keep to myself, things that are hard for me to admit out loud. I thought if I trusted you, you would trust me. perhaps you would unlock all those dark doors, hidden in that head of yours. but as I lay here, I wonder why I laid out all my fears for you, if this bed is still empty.”

“Every time she tries to leave, the boy stops her, begging like a fool. And so she always returns, no matter how often she leaves or how far she goes, appearing soundlessly behind him and covering his eyes with her hands, spoiling for him anyone who could ever come after her.”

“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

“People always talk about how hard it can be to remember things - where they left their keys, or the name of an acquaintance - but no one ever talks about how much effort we put into forgetting. I am exhausted from the effort to forget… There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.”

“In your life, doors may close on you. People may leave you. Jobs may fail you. However, for every downfall there are ten more successes waiting for you to pursue them. For every step back there is always another ascension. Setbacks will always happen, however it’s up to you to decide how to react to them.”

“It was not until the day where you slowly slipped through my fingers like grains of sands, that I realized the mist of an autumn is no different from the sad blue hues that resides at each corner of the sky.”

“Sometimes you are going to miss a person who was an almost to you. And feel sad because there is no name for that feeling. You just feel it in a way that makes you tired to your very bones.”

“I kissed her until there was more happiness inside me than sadness.”

“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”