"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


"Lights Will Guide You Home" icon by shesfadingsoftly

"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
VIDEO



"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


My Hair icon by shesfadingsoftly

"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

"Like I can't force the sun to rise or hasten summer's start
Neither should I rush my way into your heart."
+ "Love Is Waiting" by Brooke Fraser


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"If I don't say this now, I will surely break
As I'm leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency, but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate."
+ "Look After You" by The Fray



"Come up to meet you
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are.
I had to find you
Tell you I need you,
Tell you I set you apart."
+ "The Scientist" by Coldplay



"The city settles down
I watch you as you sleep.
There's a silent celebration
For every breath you breathe."
+ "Until You" by Dave Barnes"



"And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight."
+ "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls



"Quit living as if the purpose of
life is to arrive safely at death."
+ Mark Batterson



"We sat side by side in the morning light
& looked out at the future together."
+ Story People



"Love, whether newly born,
or aroused from a deathlike slumber,
must always create a sunshine,
filling the heart so full of radiance
that it overflows upon the world."
+ The Scarlet Letter



"Forever is composed of nows."
+ Emily Dickinson



"Fallin' asleep to the sound of stars shootin' round the moon
But I can't watch them fly tonight, baby--I'm too busy watching you.
I guess your smile is the sun's way of lighting up what's dark
So shine, shine, shine, for me baby--it only takes a spark."
+ "Sweetness In Starlight" by Matt Wertz

How do you know who you are? And how do you know if this
person is you? How do you know if other people see you the same
way you do? Are other people able to define you? Are you able
to define yourself? Will the two definitions ever be the same?


Love icon by over_dramatic_lies

I really enjoy forgetting.
When I first come to a
place, I notice all the little
details. I notice the way
the sky looks. The color of
white paper. The way people
walk. Doorknobs. Everything.
Then I get used to the place
and I don't notice those
things anymore. So only by
forgetting can I see the
place again as it really is.



To learn which questions are
unanswerable, and not to answer
them: this skill is most needful
in times of stress and darkness.


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The truth is that our finest
moments are most likely
to occur when we are
feeling deeply uncomfortable,
unhappy, or unfulfilled. For
it is only in such moments,
propelled by our discomfort,
that we are likely to step out
of our ruts and start searching
for different ways or truer answers.



It is not enough to be good if
you have the ability to be better.
+ Alberta Lee Cox



No man, for any considerable period,
can wear one face to himself and another
to the multitude, without finally getting
bewildered as to which one is true.
+ Nathaniel Hawthorne



There is really nothing you must be,
and there is nothing you must do.
There is nothing you must have and
there is nothing you must become.
However it helps to understand that
fire burns and when it rains the earth gets wet.
+ Ancient Japanese saying



'Sometimes when I look at you,
I feel I'm gazing at a distant star.
It's dazzling, but the light is from
tens of thousands of years ago.
Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more.
Yet sometimes that light
seems more real to me than anything.'
+ Haruki Murakami



The rain seems to trigger something
inside of me; a memory that I thought
I'd lost forever. A night filled with
freedom, long, long age. When I
danced the night away in the streets
and nobody bothered telling me to
come inside. I believe that was the
last night I ever truly felt alive.


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It hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time.
I want what's yours and I want what's mine.
I want you, but I'm not giving in this time.
+ Michelle Branch


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