She would never forget how his soul was lonely as the moon they’d met under, and how, for several brief moments, she’d been able to chase the loneliness away.

Everyone’s searching for someone to end the pain of loneliness. Even the darkest of souls wants a shot at redemption.

Once upon a time, he might’ve chased her and tumbled her in the sheets with the promise of more in the future.

Ice upon ice, and yet, inside, she melted and mourned all the same.

Truth be told, loneliness had seeped into her bones with the passing of time until it had become her normal way of life.

Like a firework, a person’s life flashed brightest right before expiration.

No monster would hold the hurt I see in your eyes or carry the guilt you do every day.

The shadows along the streets were personal, and, every passing day, they seemed to grow longer and hungrier

The water glittered under the moon’s careful watch, and, in the distance, steeples cut stark black silhouettes into the landscape of the distant city.

While the club-kid lifestyle might’ve once appealed to him, after he discovered even drugs wouldn’t dull his sharpened reality, he went into each round cold.

Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly.

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

You have to try, you have to try everything you can.

That is the trouble with happiness-all of it is built on top of something that men want.

I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —

I'm one of the few candidates that actually goes out and talks in public, so I say a lot of things based on my experience, my judgment as an environmental health physician, so I say a lot of stuff.

This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.

I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda

The reason I want to be alone, is I'm tired of all the things that went wrong that would've went right if I had did 'em on my own