Quotes

My own words have almost always failed to encapsulate even a fraction of my feelings and intentions for you so for this section I must rely on the words of others, of those with the ability I lack which is weaving together the right words or phrases to capture what I cannot. These are quotes I found that made me think of you, the feelings I have for you, the love I feel for you.

“Every day that we didn’t speak felt like declaring war in a battle I didn’t want to fight.” -Sylvia Plath

“I was full of letters I hadn’t sent you” – Ann Sexton

“Stay loyal with me I will prove you that not everyone leaves…” -Unknown

“Perhaps it isn’t love when I say you are what I love the most – you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love. This, my dear, is love.” – Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“Grief is perhaps the last and final translation of love. This is the last act of loving someone. And you realize that it will never end. You get to do this to translate this last act of love for the rest of your life.” – Ocean Vuong

“I am sick of myself trying to give shape to all this sorrow, all this rage, all this loss – and failing.” – Carole Maso, The Art Lover

“Love is not about finding the perfect person, but embracing their imperfections. With you, I’ve found a love that is pure and unconditional.” -Unknown

“If I could have done it all again, I would have loved you better. But I could not have loved you more.” – Sue Zhao // “I loved you in all the ways I could”

“Every flaw I love in you, except your absence.” – Mahmoud Darwish

“Let us start a better life.” – Franz Kafka, 1912

“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” – Winston Churchill

“You have a lot in common with the moon; its light and its beauty, and its distance from me.” – Nizar Qabbani

“Battered and wrecked, I come to you, you first…” – Homer, The Odyssey

“I burned so long so quiet you must have wondered if I loved you back. I did, I did, I do.” – Annelyse Gelman from “The Pillowcase”

“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, from Notes on Grief

“I said “better late than ever just don’t make me wait forever” – Tame Impala

“You’re so special I wish you could see what I see” – Frank Ocean

“Let’s fall in love again and do it right this time” – Unknown