You are not weak just because your heart feels so empty.

she's wondering how many women are walking around this world feeling the tingling of their amputated wings remembering what it was to fly to sing

None of us are pretty, but our ugly has an alibi.

You can have a cold war with yourself, even in the summertime

I don't have a single plan for my life more important than learning to love people well.

and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the first time his finger clicks the trigger. We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

You have a heart of gold and I am kneeling in your bloodstream panning for the only thing that has ever felt like home.