There’s something I want to say, so I’ll be brave:
You were what I wanted,
I gave what I gave.
I’m not sorry I met you,
I’m not sorry it’s over,
I’m not sorry there’s nothing to save.
- Stars (Your Ex-Lover is Dead)
vs. the world
“ Dear diary, my teen angst bullshit has a body count.
Heathers
The sun sliced through the windshield, sealing me in light. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth on my eyelids. Sunlight traveled a long distance to reach this planet; an infinitesimal portion of that sunlight was enough to warm my eyelids. I was moved. That something as insignificant as an eyelid had its place in the workings on the universe, that the cosmic order did not overlook this momentary fact.
- Haruki Murakami
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“Years Ago” - Alice Cooper
“ You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
Jonathan Safran Foer
I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can’t tell fast enough, the ears that aren’t big enough, the eyes that can’t take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.
- Jonathan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
“ The end of the world has come often, and continues to come.
Jonathan Safran Foer
