When we graduate, we realize how plastic high school really is, even for the superheroes Say what

needs to be said to people and never follow a crowd in which the case is, your voice is always out spoken when you grow up, your best friends become your worst enemies. lollipops turn into cigarettes. the innocent ones turn into sluts. homework goes in the trash. Cell phones are used in class. detention becomes suspension. soda becomes vodka. underwear turns into thongs. kisses turn into sex. when protection meant wearing a helmet not wearing a condom? when the worst things you could get from boys were cooties? when dad's shoulders were the highest place on earth and mom was your hero? your worst enemies were your siblings, race issues were about who ran the fastest? war was only a card game, the only drug you knew was cough medicine, and wearing a skirt didn't make you a whore? the only things that hurt you were skinned knees, and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow? the only drama you knew of was romeo and juliet? the only thing you could cheat in was games, and players were only for sports not relationships? the only way we could change was with clothes and not ourselves. yet we absolutely couldn't wait to grow up. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment Believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact, were slip slidin away. A year without summer, is like a lifetime without love. The secret to acting is all about projecting, projecting, projecting, believing the lie so fervently the audience buys it too. Always the friend, never the girl. I lied so you would worry. Want to jump, afraid to fall Blessed with friends; cursed with secrets. I dont love you, Im just passing the time I need you like a heart needs a beat, but its nothing new. I love you with a fire red, but its turning blue, and you say sorry like the angel, heaven let me think was you, but Im afraid, its too late to apologize. Never meant to break your back, never meant to start a fire, never meant to hold your head under the water, my love. Cant go back, to where we started. Im scared that everything you said to me, was just a lie until you left. Ill be fine, I swear, Im just gone beyond repair. You never see a crash til its head on. Imma do the things that I wanna do, I aint got a thing to prove to you. Dont say a word, Im okay with the silence, the truth is gonna change everything, Im always looking back on our scripted, memories. The night goes on as Im fading away. Ill be there for you, when the rain starts to fall. You built up a world of magic, because your real life is tragic

I never really gave up on, getting outta this two star town. She put him out, like the burning end of a midnight cigarette Im desperate, oh so desperate to feel alive. Broken faith and wasted breath, photographs are all thats left, Dont judge me tomorrow, by the way Im acting today, Ive become, what a mother wouldnt want in a son, and I have done, a few things I regret Stop studying strife, learn to live, the unexamined life; lifes less painless, when youre brainless. Nothing matters, but knowing nothing matters, its just life, keep dancing through, Who can say if Ive been changed for the better? Because I knew you, I have been changed, for good. Like clockwork, shes in control I walk a fine line, between the right and the real Memories of the nights that faded, I dont know how the hell we made it. Change your clothes and your hair, but I cant change your mind. And I stare at the phone, he still hasnt called, and you feel, though you cant feel nothing at all, flashbacks to when he said, forever and always, I look into your eyes, for a moment I thought I knew you, but now Im not so sure Ill be your sunset, if you be my silhouette Shooting stars could never be this bright, did you know you will always be my life? On the calendar of your events, Im last week All that Im after is a life full of laughter, as long as Im laughing with you. Sometimes youve got to see the world, to find out what youve left behind The bitter in you, is the quitter in me Cheap talks, with even cheaper company, keeps the days, turning into nights. Give me any reason to believe cause I swear, Im done here, cause Ive seen a bigger picture, and Im looking for some answers, tell me if its worth it cause Im doing all I can to find it, and Ive never been this scared, and my moments finally here Sometimes, the hardest thing in life is knowing which bridge to cross, and which bridge to burn They say, the captain goes down with his ship, so when the world ends, will god go down with it? With every mistake, we must surely be learning. My words are mistakes, my thoughts unclean. Going, going, gone.

Time is not measured by the passing of years, but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. I couldve sworn I was telling you the truth when I told you I didnt miss you Someday, well run into each other again, I know it. Maybe Ill be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, thats when Ill deserve you. but now, at this moment, you cant hook your boat to mine, cause Im liable to sink us both. The biggest risks in life are the ones you didnt take. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. If ever there is tomorrow when were not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if were apart, Ill always be with you. Oh sure, some people give a little bit each day, but there are one or two special souls who, when you least expect it, give an entire lifes worth all at once. A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-menots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not marble. A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world Reality leaves a lot to the imagination Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, its time to pause and reflect Life is what happens to you whole youre busy making other plans In order to die, you must first have lived Never let yesterdays disappointments overshadow tomorrows dreams Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend your worst enemy. I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end If you blur your eyes, the streetlights become hundreds of ghosts going home. Nothing last forever, so everything is a phase. Some phases are just longer than others Youve got as many lives as you like and more, even ones you dont want Id rather be dead than cool A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night Failure is a detour not a dead-end street At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Im not a box there are more than four sides to me Things fall apart, the center cannot hold Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them Every angel is terrifying The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong The hottest love has the coldest end Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile I dont like to lie, but sometimes telling the truth does more harm than good. Language is the skin on my thought When there is nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire. On the other hand there was not a star in the sky Dont forget your history, know your destiny You are never strong enough that you dont need help Beauty is power; a smile is its sword Remember, you always feel your best the moment after youre cried And all at once the crowd begins to sing sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same Tired of these endless games, time to end the darkened day to raise the sword to kill the light because there is no reason left to fight You looked happy. Happy with a secret If you dont know where youre going, any road will get you there Dont settle for the lesser evil, go for the greater good You block your dream, when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith Now I know Ive got a heart.. cause its breaking Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? Sometimes, knowing the truth doesnt make it easier to sleep at night We breathe, we pulse, we regenerate, our hearts beats, our minds create, our souls ingest thrirty-seven seconds, well used, is a lifetime I have brought you a heros fate, and a heros fate is never happy, it is never anything but tragic Conformity is death. Were friends, real friends, and that means no matter how long it takes, when you finally decide to look back, Ill be here

You dont need eyes to see if someones got a heart of glass The joy of life comes from our own encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon for each day to have a new and different sun If talk is cheap, then my silence is diamonds People dont realize this, but loneliness is underrated. Chin up. Put your shoulders back. Walk proud, strut a little. Dont lick your wounds, celebrate them. The scars you bear are the signs of a competitor. Youre in a lion fight, just because you didnt win, doesnt mean you dont know how to roar. Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens Invisible things are the only realities How many times can I break, til I shatter? Remember when you were my boat, and I was your sea, together wed float so delicately, but that was back when we could talk about anything Scars remind us of where weve been, they dont have to dictate where were going Thats the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if theyre not too much to look at, or even if theyre sort of stupid, you half fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can. There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth. Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall. Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great. Dont compromise yourself; you are all youve got. Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. In the midst of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer Only fools and fanatics are totally consistent The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends You dont have a soul, you are a soul, you have a body. Do not regret growing older, it is a privilege denied to many. Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. No one has the power to hurt you like your friends Fate is an elegant, cold-hearted whore.

thats the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper Im likely to lose respect for those I can fool too easily. Dont let me take advantage of you or exploit you in any way. Love cannot exist for long without the dimension of justice You grow into everything you hate about yourself over time Even beauty may present a prism wearying to the eye. Whatever you are, be a good one. You cant change who people are without destroying who they were Victory is sweetest when youve known defeat Always forgive you enemies, but never forget their names His final scene, the actor bows, and all those years are gone somehow, the crowd applauds, the curtain falls. Im a stitch away from making it, and a scar away from falling apart. In our rooms filled with laughter, we make hope from every small disaster Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. Money only has value when its spent, so dont spend your life chasing it. Will secrets fly out of me, when I break open? Happiness lies trapped in misery Time youve enjoyed wasting was not wasted. We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. The one thing that doesnt abide by majority rule is a persons conscience Sanity is not statistical. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech, youll ever regret Life sucks, in a good way. Falling in love, falling in hate. Getting laid, getting hurt- whats one without the other? When it comes to the ritual of growing up, sometimes you smile because youre happy. Other times, you smile just because you survived, but hey, a smile is a smile. Logic is the armory of reason, furnished with all offensive and defensive weapons. Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Sacrifice is a part of life, its supposed to be. Its not something to regret. Its something to aspire to. Midnight, no waves. No wind. The empty boat is flooded with moonlight. The world breaks us all. Afterward, some are stronger at the broken places I wanted you to see what real courage is. Instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. Its when you know youre licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Memory is the diary we all carry with us Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look Were just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, This felt right. Not just leaving, but how I was doing it. without regret, without second guessing. How I wish you could see the potential, the potential of you and me. Its like a book elegantly bound, but in a language you cant read, just yet. Every person has two sides to them, one they let the world see, and one they keep to themselves. Heavens not a place that you go when you die, its that moment in life when you actually feel alive. Strange, isnt it? each mans life touches so many other lives. When he isnt around he leaves an awful hole, doesnt he? This is me asking for a brick to be thrown through my window, a message attached that reads, "Why can't you just wake up?" I am not a star, don't look up to me in hopes of finding something more. That which is out of reach does not promise anyone a goddamn thing. Hope arises in possibility, but possiblity is fragmented and selfish, so don't think for a second that I am safe ground to walk on. I will sink beneath the feet of a thousand travelling companions, and make ruin of any city's foundations, because concrete and steel can never tell a soul how it feels. Our street corners keep secrets, and our road signs only suggest, never deciding for us, never knowing if the destination to which they lead, is where we truely belong. Life's greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most of us just live to follow directions, and many times we end up totally lost Shakespeare got it right when he said all the worlds a stage, men and women are merely players, they enter and exit. Only lifes not a dress rehearsal, you dont get to repeat it. so make the most of your life. In all your life, only a few moments matter, mostly you never get a good look at them expect in hindsight, long after theyve zipped past you. When king lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? Hes written, he dies. Thats all, nothing more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential work of dramatic literature.. is he dies. It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with he dies and yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know its only natural to be sad, but not because of the words he dies, but because of the life we saw prior to the words. We shed our skin, biologically we are brand new to people. we look the same, at least, we think we do. the change isnt visible, at least in most of us. But were all changed. Completely. Forever. And then I laugh, because its so ridiculous and so gorgeous and its all I can do not to melt in a fit of giggles. It seems to me there is so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe that if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamed of. Sometimes, I believe in six impossible things before breakfast

Gandhi said that whatever you do in life is insignificant, but its very important that you do it because nobody else will. Like when someone comes into your life and half of you says youre nowhere near ready and the other half says make her yours forever A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions Even heroes have the right to bleed He believed her because here in the shadowy light of the stronghold everything seemed possible. Between the two of them, they owned the world, and no enemy, jesss own fears and insufficiencies nor any of the foes whom leslie imagined attacking terabithia could ever really defeat them. Only hope can keep me together, love can mend your life, but love can break your heart. I finish her sentence, know that I will never be rid of her now, that I will eternally finish her thoughts. I dont know anything except that, I am not in love with anyone anymore. Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity tries the great. I will never die. Even if the world tears me apart and makes me collapse, I will wipe the tears and rise, I will never die, even If I collide with the world and get knocked down, I will swallow the blood and rise. This is the problem with getting attached to someone, when they leave, you just feel lost. Oftentimes, when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable too. But it never helps. Thinking about tomorrow, wont change how I feel today I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didnt have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was setting into nothingness; I kind of nonbeing and I accepted it. I didnt make for an interesting person, I didnt want to be interesting, it was too hard, what I really wanted was only a soft hazy space to live in, and to be left alone. Allow the morning sun to warm your heart when you are young and let the soft winds of noon cool your passion, but beware the night, for death lurks there, waiting. When you learn to accept instead of expect, youll have fewer disappointments. Sometimes I feel like theres a hole inside of me, an emptiness that at times seems to burn. I think of you lifted my heart to your ear, you could probably hear the ocean. I have this dream of being whole, of not going to sleep each night, wanting, but still sometimes, when the wind is warm, and the crickets sing, I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for. I just want someone to love me. I want to be seen, I dont know. Maybe I had my happiness. I dont want to believe it, but there is no man, only that moon. Against logic, there is no armor like ignorance. For me, happiness occurs arbitrarily: a moment of eye contact on a bus, where all at once, you fall in love; or a frozen second n a park where its enough that there are trees in the world. The circumstances drew the line. I was never his, and he was never mine. I dont want to cry. Everyone will make note of my tears and ill be marked as an easy target. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction. Than man can tell; never would it be night, but always clear to any mans sight. When the storm breaks, each man acts in accordance with his own nature, some are numb with terror, some flee, some hide and some spread their wings like eagles and soar on the wind.

There is nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning, and not be a child, A clear conscience is the sign of a bad memory. I must be cruel only to be kind, thus bad begins and worse remains behind. Everyday youre alive, you change the world. No lifes so short that it never learns, no flames so small that it never burns, no ages so sure that it never turns We all wear masks, everyone, everyday. Sometimes, we wear them so much we forget who we really are. Sometimes, if were lucky, someone comes along and shows us who we really want to be See, things do come around and make sense, eventually. Things do come around but somethings still trouble me When we lie, we make up our lies with pieces of the truth So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past I dont know if youve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. Thats why im trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning. Sail with me, into the setting sun. the battle has been won, but war has just begun. And as we grow, emotion starts to die. We need to find a way, just to keep our desire alive. The reason I talk to myself is because im the only one whose answers I accept. If you dont know where youre going, any road will get you there All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost, the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by frost. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. The grim poetry of existence. But life is more than that. We foray into our hearts and look for ways to rise above them. we ache and we love. We hurt and we heal. Human beings, being human. You mustnt be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. Youre only as tall as your heart will let you be, and youre only as small as the world will make you seem Love made you a liar. Theres a fine line between genius and insanity, Ive erased the line. If I could put my brain in her body, the world would be mine for the taking. Genius is more often found in a cracked pot, than in a whole one. Weve pretended for so long that something would simply appear when we needed it to change everything. We made our pact as children. But were feeling things beyond what children feel, and almost doing them. sooner or later, were going to do them, because we want to. there never has been a solution, the whole world here would have to change for us. Be kind, for everyone you meet, is fighting a hard battle. Through humor, you can soften some of the worse blow s that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. Dont worry about the world coming to an end today, its already tomorrow in Australia

Dont you love in vain, cause love wont set you free. Envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide. Each and every day is a given chance, to start over, move forward, or change directions. All you have to do is decide. You can live with fear. I think. Maybe not forever, but for a long long time. Its offense maybe you cant live with, because it opens up a crack inside your thinking. Go to your church and listen to your stories about jesus walking on water, but if I saw a guy doing that Id scream and scream and scream because it wouldnt look like a miracle to me, it would look like an offense. When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself, it is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others, It is in yourself alone. When the hardest part is over, well be here. And our dreams will break the boundaries of our fears Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream? Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. For last years words belong to last years language, and next years words await another voice, and to make an end is to make a beginning. Everyone you once loved, has sold you out. Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal. I put my faith in you, so much faith, and then you just threw it away. Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder

Sometimes people ask me why I have old messages on my phone from you. Theyre only the messages that say things like, Itll be okay and I wont leave. I save those messages to read when I feel terrible. Knowing that you care gets me through the night Seven years later, I can still hear that boy calling me fat. That was in the second grade, and yet his words still haunt me. He is the sole reason why I have no self-esteem. I dont know him anymore, and he only said it once, but thats all it took. Just one little sentence ruined my whole world I'm the happy one who writes dark poems. I'm the hyper, crazy one who breaks down at night. I'm the one who tries to be selfless, but is more selfish than anyone else. I'm the one against bullying, but beats up herself. I'm the girl that everyone looks at, but never sees. What's my secret? I'm a compulsive liar. I can't tell the whole truth. Even if it's a stranger or someone I've known for years. I have to lie. I have to make myself better than I am. Even now, I'm lying to my best friend about what color socks I'm wearing. Why? Because I'm addicted to lying.

Today, I went to the mirror at school and looked at myself to make sure I looked okay. There was a heavy girl standing next to me, applying makeup. Everything in me told me to tell her that she was too pretty for makeup, but I couldnt get up the courage to say it. I wish I had
I'm the nice girl at school. The one who likes everyone, the one who does favors for everyone, the one who everyone loves. Truth is, none of those people know deep down what I go through.

My secret? I pretend everything is okay, that Im not completely stressed out, that I dont need you anymore. Nothing could be farther from the truth. All I really want is my best friend back. Its too bad you arent the friend I remember you being All my friends tell me Im the best listener. Maybe if they would listen to me for once, they would be really surprised at what they hear. I help everyone with their problems, but they dont know that mine are much worse than which guy should I go out with? They havent felt the way I feel. My secret is, that Im dead. I still walk around, laugh, and am happy. I have every reason to be the happiest girl in the world. But somehow, I still feel dead. I still have suicidal thoughts. And I cant fix it I always get asked if Im high. I never am. Im just hyper. Because Im afraid if I stop smiling, the mask will come off and the tears will fall Dad, thats it. If you hit mom again tonight, Im calling the cops and hitting you back for her. Im not afraid anymore

I just want one person to realize how broken I am. How I hide behind my laughs and smiles. I just want to have one person that cares Sometimes I want to die just to see if anyone really cares. I dont mean that they would cry for a few minutes, maybe attend my small funeral, and then move on with their lives like I was never there. My biggest fear in life is that I will never be remembered. The scary thing is I think my biggest fear is becoming a reality Mom, Dad. You asked Whats wrong with you? I just sat there for a second, fighting down the tears. Then I just laughed and walked away. I cant tell you how much that hurt. I cant tell you how much you hurt me, but I wish you could see it for yourselves. I cant do this much longer

But I know I have a personality thats real and fun once you get to know me. When I look in the mirror I see a beautiful girl. I want someone other than my family to tell me that

Truth is, I never let people in. I only tell them about half of what im feeling or thinking. No one knows the true me, nor would they want to. I wish just once one person would try harder, everything would change then After years of holding it in, I blew up. I started sobbing, and I told you everything. How much my life sucks, my family hating me, having the crappiest friends ever, and teachers screwing up my straight As. You said I was overreacting and should see a psychiatrist. Thanks Mom. Today, I forgot. I forgot to smile and laugh at everything. I forgot to do my makeup. I forgot to pretend. I forgot to care. Seven people asked me if something was wrong. If even one of them looked like they meant it, I would have told them
Out of all the secrets Ive submitted, if this is the only one that ever makes it, Ill be happy. My secret is that I pretend Im okay, every single day, then when I go to bed, I cry. And then I fall asleep and dream about the people I miss. Pathetic, I know. But even the toughest ones can hurt I call myself Alice for a reason. Im stuck in Wonderland, always have been. My perception of reality is severly altered. Now they tell me that its because my brain is damaged because of my disease. My secret? I like it better that way ^this one scares me because as soon as I read the last line, the first thing I did, was smile. Thats a terrible sign. I am a compulsive liar. I get through the day and probably make up some story about my life that has yet to exist yet. Know why? Because Im terrified that people wont like me for who I am. no one knows a single thing about who I really am, no one does. and no one cares.

The truth is, Im not mad at you. I just hate the fact that every time your name lights up on my phone, I fall for you a little bit harder. And every time my name lights up on your phone well, Im just another girl you talk to Youve changed. Those two words broke my heart. Im so sorry. Im sorry Im not the best friend you remember. I wish everything would go back to normal, I really do. It hurts to lie to you. It hurts to see you hurt by my actions. I wish I could take it all back I love taking showers and walking alone in the rain. Its the only time I can cry without millions of questions or anyone noticing. The only time I can scream out my feelings, say what I want to. Ive gotten too good at lying. I cant always be perfectly fine or okay. Oh, how I love the rain.

Truth is, often the people who seem to be the happiest are the ones who are truly unhappy

Im the girl that everyone comes to for help. I listen to everyones problems. I try to make everyone smile. I always nervously answer them. I dont want to say a wrong reply, but I usually seem to say the right one. What matters is, Ive been wishing for someone who will be there for me. I need someone to make me smile on my rainy days

All love is sincere, otherwise, it is not love. Just remember the sweet is never as sweet without the sour, and I know the sour You must know we do not really change over time, we are flowers unfolding, we merely become more nearly ourselves. Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.. When I like people immensely, I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I love grown to love secrecy Breakthroughs dont happen because of the medicine, real breakthroughs happen because someone is scared to death to stop trying. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind dont matter, and those who matter dont mind. Im doing it again. going over and over the same ground, doing nothing constructive, only cranking myself up to the screaming point With our faded jeans and secondhand thrift store shirts, we didnt exactly fit in. actually we stood out like London street punks in a Baptist church down south. For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched I need what the world cant give me. I see what the world cant show me. I like what the world cant give me. I sing but the world cant hear me, So we beat on, boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past And in that moment, I swear, we were infinite. The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. What the eye doesnt see, the heart doesnt grieve over. When youre struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, its just as hard as what youre going through. If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. The world is a lonely place, but it would be much lonelier without you in it. Fortune favors the brave She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And thats important you know.

You know the great thing, though, is that change can be so constant you dont even feel the difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you dont even notice that your life is better or worse, until it is. Or it can just blow you away, make you something different in an instant. I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion Remember, remember, this is now and now, and now. live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all Ive taken for granted. We all have stories left untold, unheard, unsaid, unwritten. You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket. Somewhere someone is thinking of you. someone is calling you an angel. This person is using celestial colors to paint your image. Someone is making you into a vision so beautiful that it can only live in the mind. Someone is thinking of the way your breath escapes your lips when you are touched. How your eyes close and your jaw tightens with concentration as you give pleasure at home. These thoughts are saving a life somewhere right now. in same airless apartment on a dark, urine stained, whore lined street someone is calling out to you silently and you are answering without even being there. So crystalline. So pure. Such life saving power when you smile. You will never know how your have cauterized my wounds. So sad that we will never touch. How it hurts me to know that I will never be able to give you everything that I have. A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes while everyone else believes the smile on your face. Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if youd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. Its more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Lose one friend, lose all friends, lose yourself. I wish I knew how to quit you. I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map. And knew that somehow, I could find my way back. Then I heard your heart beating; you were in the darkness too. So I stayed in the darkness with you. We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody Ive ever known. All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath I made myself from all the love you no longer wanted, Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain. And most fools do. but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. Its so hard to forget pain, but its even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness, we learn so little from peace. I get lost in the beauty of everything I see . the world aint half as bad as they paint it to be. Ive never felt so alive like I feel right now in this moment, like I feel right here standing next to you. Words can be daffodils or a fire in an open field. We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. to seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is

complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. and never, never, to forget. You dont forget the face of the person who was your last hope. Sleep is the best mediation. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light. Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didnt do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover. Our wicked lies, is where we hope to keep safe from pain. I love sleep, my life has the tendency to fall apart when im awake, you know? Here we go again. I kinda wanna be more than friends. Its a lot easier to be lost than found. My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean but a multitude or drops? Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent nights sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake up somebody else, so that they can feel this way, too. I closed my eyes and listened carefully for the descendants of sputnik, even now circling the earth, gravity their only tie to the planet. Lonely metal souls in the unimpeded darkness of space, they meet, pass each other, and part, never to meet again. no words passing between them. no promises to keep. Buy the ticket, take the ride. The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable. The seas only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I dont know much about the sea, but I do know that thats the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong. Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But its those hours that make us what we are. The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper, I cannot quite make it out. A heart that hurts is a heart that works. Failure is unimportant, it takes courage to make a fool of yourself. I had never asked myself that question. I cried because.. because something inside my felt the need to cry. That was all I knew. Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable Follow your inner moonlight; dont hide the madness

Should you fail to pilot your own ship, dont be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself, so, this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course there will always be more. It never occurred to me it wasnt the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then. Sometimes I feel like theres a hole inside of me, an emptiness that at times seems to burn. I think if your lifted my heart to your ear, you could probably hear the ocean. I have this dream of being whole. Of not going to sleep each night, wanting. But still sometimes, when the wind is warm or the crickets sing.. I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for. I dont know. Maybe I had my happiness. I dont want to believe it, but there is no man. only that moon. And I didnt mean to meet you then, when we were kids. And I didnt mean to give you the chills the way that I kiss. And I didnt mean to fall in love, but I did. And you didnt mean to love me back, but I know you did.. The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense. I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesnt impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape one way or another. No more walls. Im getting less good at faking it. people in my family are noticing and asking whats wrong. my friends give me invitations to talk, to cry. I love them for their caring, but I want to run from it. I have lost their language, their facility with words that convey feelings. I am in new territory and feel like a foreigner in theirs. Im tired of being the dumb, ugly, fat friend. Im tired of having smart, beautiful skinny, perfect friends. Im just tired of never being good enough for anyone. My secret: I am always on the verge of tears. No one ever notices. My smile? Geniune. Being around others actually makes me truly happy. My tears? Real. When im alone, I have no reason to be happy, I hate myself. I really really hate who I am

I am a pessimist, pretending to be an optimist, I am a selfish person, who acts selfless, I am a horrible friend, who seems like a great one, I am in love with you, but I act like Im just youre friend, Because Im worried if I show my true self, everything will fall apart.

Im not the prettiest girl. Ive never been kissed and Im almost 18. I am not confident. But I am confident in this: Someday I will find someone. Because although I may not look like much, I have so much to give. The average person tells 4 lies a day. And 1460 a year. A total of 88,000 by the age of 6. The most common lie is Im fine. Im so sorry for putting you through this. Believe me, I am. Im sorry I fell in love with you. You dont deserve this.

Ignorance is bliss, cherish it.