Lang Leav, Lullabies
19 quotes
"TimeYou were the oneI wanted mostto stay.But time could notbe kept at bay.The more it goes,the more it's gone—the more it takes away."
"He deftly dealt his swiftest blow--I fell further than, I was meant to go."
"Because someday, in one way or another, you will be taken from me or I you."
"Anything and everything, the two almost the same--everything says, have it all; anything, one to claim."
"It was like being seen after a perpetual darkness, I replied. To be heard after a lifetime of silence."
"One day you will be nostalgic for today."
"...you cannot control the depth of a wound another inflicts upon you."
"You were none, and now you're all; your worth will rise, the more I fall."
"Some pieces will sing to your present, others may echo of your past, and the rest could whisper of your future."
"There is a certain quality to words that when strung in a certain way--has an almost hypnotic effect."
"I did not know that it was love until I knew."
"It was from a very young age that I fell in love with this wonderful artifact--the turn of the first page is almost like a sacred ritual to me. Whenever I walk into a library, it is never without some degree of reverence."
"For me, that was the death of the word, or; because now, there is no other. It was the end of the word, and; for I love only you."
"The glass bottle does not know its own contents. It has no idea whether it is a vessel for the most delicious apple cider, a lovingly crafted wine, or a bitter poison."
"...but how could I have stopped him from taking what was already his?"
"Had I known, I would not have left you,alone beneath those stars,on the night when I last saw you,not knowing it was the last."
"When every dream has turned to dust, and your highest hopes no longer soar.When places you once yearned to see, grow further away on distant shores.When every night you close your eyes, and long inside for something more.Remember this and only this, if nothing else you can recall—There was a life a girl once led, where you were loved the most of all."
"AcceptanceThere are things I missthat I shouldn't,and those I don'tthat I should.Sometimes we wantwhat we couldn't—sometimes we lovewho we could."
"If any person claims to have loved twice in all their life — they have not loved at all."