Posts tagged: quotes
“Thunder rumbling
Castles crumbling
I am trying to hold on
God knows that I tried
Seeing the bright side
I’m not blind anymore”
- Kary Perry, “Wide Awake”
“I think she was afraid to love sometimes. I think it scared her. She was the type to like things that are concrete, like the ocean. Something you could point to and know what it was and I think that’s why she struggled with love. She couldn’t touch it. She couldn’t hold on to it and make sure it never changed.”
“Not like there is a word to describe how I feel
more like a fruit that’s already peeled
and I feel like all the juice is gone
and all I’ve got is the thought of my loved one”
- Mugison, “I’m Alright”
It’s seems like you came back 10 times over
Now you’re, sitting here, in this damn corner
Looking through all your thoughts and looking over your shoulder
“Take the light, and darken everything around me
Call the clouds and listen closely
I’m fallin’ down, but I’ll rise above this.”
- Seether, “Rise Above This”
“All you need is love.”
- The Beatles, “All You Need is Love”
‘Cause no one would fight for you
And you think there’s not enough love
And no one to give it to
And you’re sure you’ve hurt for so long
You’ve got nothing left to lose
So you say you’re not gonna fight
‘Cause no one would fight for you
“National security is more important than individual will.”
- Ice-T, “Shut Up, Be Happy”
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat; “we’re all made here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“women in the middle
are learning what poor women have always known
that the edge is closer than you think
when your men bring the guns home”
- Ani Difranco, “to the teeth”
“Look at all these stars. Look at how goddamn ugly the stars are.”
- Alkaline Trio, “Trouble Breathing”
“How embarrassing to be human.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
“What I wanted was to fall asleep
Close my eyes and disappear
Like a petal on a stream
A feather on the air”
- Anais Mitchell, “Flowers (Eurydice’s Song)” from Hadestown
