Another thread snaps loose from my heart, the pain precise and acute. I embrace it, because it reminds me I'm still here. I'm alive. I'm empowered.

And there, in the midst of blinding orange, yellow, and white flames, our forever begins.

We have regiments as innumerable as the sands...And arsenals as uncountable as the stars.

They have both loved you with a child’s love, and now a man’s. It is the child’s love that holds you together . . . cemented by the moments you shared with them that they treasure most.

When he opens his mouth to speak, I place a finger on his

He spins us both, wrapping us in his wings until I’m dazed and gig

Salty tears stream down my face—coating my lips as I mutter senseless apologies for so many things. So many irreversible things.Morpheus peels the vines off and lifts me, cradling me to his chest.

By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too.

And since when had I become the guy that things happened to ten years ago?

It's the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days

I hear the trees whispering sometimes. They don't talk to everyone. Or maybe they do, but not everyone listens. Do you hear them?

There is nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the problem if possible.

People bring to what they see and feel, the inner weather of their souls and complexion of their minds.

I haven't any thirst for revenge.

it isn't good tactics to ask for something that you know will be refused.

Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root.