Alive, Alive, Oh!

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”

“in crowded rooms they would form words with their lips for each other’s eyes”

“How obvious it is now —the gift you gave him. All those letters, they were you … All those beautiful powerful words, they were you! … The voice from the shadows, that was you … You always loved me!”

“Do you dream of her”

“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”

“No one feels another’s grief, no one understands another’s joy. People imagine that they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.”

“love builds up the broken wall
and straightens the crooked path.
love keeps the stars in the firmament
and imposes rhythm on the ocean tides
each of us is created of it
and i suspect
each of us was created for it”

“You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.”

“Who says the beloved’s
Appearance
Can’t terrify?
Who says she can’t
Arrive as a summer storm?”

“Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes … just be an illusion.”

“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”

“The stellar universe is not so difficult of comprehension as the real actions of other people.”

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect - you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.”