Quotes from work

The Realm of Possibility

“It is not desire.
Instead it is something deeper. I don't want to be with him
constantly and forever. I want to be with him for the moment,
and I want the moments to go on forever.”

“You are happy even if you are afraid to admit it.”

“You think you know your possibilities.
Then other people come into your life
and suddenly there are so many more.”

“this might be the happy ending without the ending”

“I know
the odds are all against me
and I know
you might not feel this way too
but I know
I would rather die trying
to know
if I could mean something to you”

“You will always be my always.”

“The words that matter always stay.”

“There is certainty in a ring.
The non-ending, the non-beginning.
The ongoing.
The way it holds on to you
not because it's fastened
or stretched or adhered.
It holds on
because it fits.”

“Maybe there is hope in the fragments, that what is lost can always be filled in by someone who knows.”

“We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay.”

“I measure the moment
in the heartbeats I skip”

“Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.”

“What I learned

The well-documented difference
Between alone and lonely
The comfort of knowing”

“Moments into minutes. Minutes into hours. Hours into days. Days into years. Years into possibility. This will linger.”

“I'm not good at relationships
I always manage to find the flaws
sometimes in others
but mostly my own.
I foretell the ending
then go and create the cause
save myself
and end up alone”

“He is much stronger than I think I am. He is mischievous, outgoing, ready to soar
through the clouds, while I often feel
like the cloud itself.”

“you ask me what I'm looking for, and I outline you.
you don't recognize the shape, offer other names.
you say my time will come, and I hope.”