"Be yourself and I promise people will enjoy it.
If they don't, forget them."
+ Mitchell Davis



"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers
about originality will ever be original: whereas if
you simply try to tell the truth (without caring
twopence how often it has been told before) you
will, nine times out of ten, become original without
ever having noticed it."
+ C.S. Lewis



"I've been staring at the sky tonight
Marveling and passing time
Wondering what to do with daylight
Until I can make you mine."
+ "Arithmetic," Brooke Fraser



"Have we all lost connection?
Life pulls in all directions
Memories bring us back
To where we've been."
+ "Younglife," Anberlin



"Today is a winding road
That's taking me to places
That I didn't want to go.
Today, in the blink of an eye
I'm holding onto something
And I do not know why I tried."
+ "Thunder," Boys Like Girls



"Don't talk, don't say a thing
'Cause your eyes, they tell me more than your words
Don't go, don't leave me now
'Cause they say the best way out is through."
+ "Ungodly Hour," The Fray



Because now, I didn’t care what they thought.
It wasn’t new, this realization that I would never
be like them. What was different now was that I was glad.



Yet, even in certain defeat, she secretly
clung to the belief that life is not merely
a series of meaningless accidents or
coincidences. But rather it’s a tapestry of
events that culminate an exquisite, sublime plan.



"I won't hesitate no more, no more
This cannot wait: I'm yours."
+ "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz



"There’s something about the way
The street looks when it’s just rained
There’s a glow off the pavement
You walk me to the car
And you know I want to ask you to dance right there
In the middle of the parking lot."
+ "Fearless," Taylor Swift

Every day I swim an ocean
Fighting your memory like endless waves
I've surrendered to the truth, I'll always love you
But I know someday
I'm gonna reach the banks of a distant shore
Where I won't miss you anymore
+ Dierks Bentley


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I told a lie, so we could both go our own ways.
Looking at the sky and how the colors on your
face painted me an image filled with fear, and lined with grace.
Maybe someday we'll come back to this place.



"Tonight, you'll fall harder than ever
As all your hope hangs on a wire
Tonight, you'll see farther and clearer
The horizon's still a mystery."
+ "Catch Your Breath," by Oh So Cavalier
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My thoughts tend to sound better in books I didn’t write,
and in the songs I didn’t sing. Even then, sometimes there
is no piece of literature, no song, no work of art that can
really explain the way you feel. There is a double-edge
comfort in knowing that no one really knows.


Music on my Mind by MyTearzRunBlack

The world is round, and the place
which may seem like the end may
also be only the beginning.
+ Ivy Baker Priest


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"The best remedy for those who are afraid,
lonely or unhappy is to go outside,
somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that
all is as it should be."
+ Anne Frank



"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
+ Lao Tzu


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"So this is my life. And I want
you to know that I am both
happy and sad and I'm still
trying to figure out how that
could be."
+ "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"



"Learn four new things everyday.
Something about yourself.
Something about the people you love.
Something about the world.
And something about a stranger."



She's a girl.
She's got her glow.
And your gravity is failing.
She spots a storm upon the sea and asks,
"Can we go sailing?"

The sun shines from her very skin,
And each day she feels alive.
This girl is yours and glowing,
While she teaches you to fly.
+ © 072409

"You gotta tell me it's true, you feel the same
I'm so much better when I say your name."
+ "With You, Tonight" by Matt Wertz



"We both know that I could think myself dizzy
Right now, I'm spinning around
I know you said, "Baby, don't worry,"
But I just miss you right now."
+ "5:19" by Matt Wertz



"How much longer will this game go on?
I guess summertime will tell
'Cause I hate to hear that you're all alone
Overlooked, in search of someone else."
+ "Counting to 100" by Matt Wertz



"Windows down as the night blows in
Tap the beat on the wheel as the tires spin
Until we're there, crank the radio
And we'll join in with the songs we know
Everything's right, said everything's right tonight."
+ "Everything's Right" by Matt Wertz



"I haven't heard your voice in two weeks now
And anticipation's been wearing me thin
And I just can't help but wondering, baby, if somehow
We could tear these pages out and begin again."
+ "Lonely Tonight" by Matt Wertz


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"Some days are so bright, I wish I could save
Half the sunlight for a rainy day
So when it rains, I'd have some sun
Some days are so green, I wish I could keep
Half that color stored in me, down deep
So when it's brown, I'd have some green."
+ "Somedays" by Matt Wertz




"Should've been so good
Could've been so right
That was before the day forever died
Wishing on what-ifs
Taking my chances
That was before the day forever died."
+ "The Day Forever Died" by Matt Wertz


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"But as you go your own way
Remember, do not be afraid
Because you're right where you should be."
+ "Capitol City" by Matt Wertz



"I tried leaving you behind
But you wouldn't stay
Thank God you didn't."
+ "Even The Streets" by Matt Wertz



"How fast the time burns when you're trying to hold on
And how slowly it slips away when you're not
So tell me again how this friendship has to be
I'll try and understand now--some patience and we'll see."
+ "In On A Whim" by Matt Wertz

The future is always beginning now.
+ Mark Strand



"So feel the air, feel the air,
Take the map and point to anywhere
I don't care, fingers through your hair
The sky I've seen blue and green.
Oh, the summertime..."
+ "Summertime" by Mae
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"Caffeine Won't Save You" by paperframephoto

Too many people overvalue what they
are not and undervalue what they are.
+ Malcolm S. Forbes



Like these fiery lights, we are strong,
explosive, thundering in unspoken
magnitude, yet so incredibly mesmerizing.
Quietly we shoot to life, shattering into a
million tiny pieces of broken glass, and
then in an instant we sizzle away into the
night, leaving the world wide-eyed and
staring. We disappear, the explosion
gone, but that hazy trail, our smoky sweet
dust powdered across the night sky will
forever be there for others to blaze. We
are tiny explosions all over the world,
popping with every brush of greatness,
and collectively we form a gloriously
blinding blanket of light and life. We
are beautiful and strong. Brilliant and
graceful. We are the fireworks show
of the world, running year-round. And
nothing could ever come close to the
beauty we leave behind.
+ Penelope Bat


"Twelve in the Morning" by rokrgirly (DeviantArt)

"Unlikely adventures require unlikely tools."
+ Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emorium


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"I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?"
+ "Love Song For No One" by John Mayer
VIDEO



People of character do the right thing,
not because they think it will change
the world, but because they refuse to
be changed by the world.
+ Michael Josephson.



"Your life is an occasion.
Rise to it."
+ Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emorium



"We're both pretty sure
Neither one can tell
We seem difficult
But what we've got is hard..."
+ "Unsaid" by the Fray
VIDEO



A stumble may prevent a fall.
+ English Proverb

You spend a life seeking the
Opportunity, without realizing
that the decisive moment, the
moment that justified birth and
death, has already passed. It
will not return, but it was--full,
dazzling, generous as every revelation.


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"Not that you're the one
Not to say I'm right
Not to say today
Not to say a thing tonight."
+ "Unsaid" by the Fray



I'll keep remembering, but
start imagining. Start acting
for the future rather than
turning it backwards with
impossible wishes.



"I can understand that you don't want to cross the line
And you know I can't promise you that things will turn out fine,
But I have to be honest--I want you to be mine."
+ "Breathless" by Corinne Bailey Rae



"Slow down and everything you are
chasing will come around and catch you."
+ John De Paola



But at a certain point, the memory of him
stopped accompanying me everywhere I
went. He stayed behind, the way a city stays
behind as a train pulls out of the station. It's
there, somewhere behind you, and you could
go back and make sure of it...
But why should you?



She was a young person whose
reveries never were in retrospect.
For her past was no treasury of
distinct memories, all hoarded
and classified, some brighter than
others and more highly valued.
All memories were for her but
as notes in one fused radiance
that followed her and made more
luminous the pathway of her future.



"I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you.
Yes, there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you.
I see the paths your eyes wander down--
I want to come, too.
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you."
+ "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" by Landon Pigg



"I'm waiting for something, I've waited for now
For the rolling canyons of love, and I'm tongue tied
And you're coming alive, coming alive."
+ "Sooner Surrender" by Matt Nathanson


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You should never say, "I love you," unless
you really mean it, but if you mean it, you
should say it a lot. People forget.
+ Jessica, Age 8