Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, From “Carmilla”

“You made flowers grow in my lungs and although they are beautiful, I can’t breathe.”

— Unknown

“I am still learning.”

— Michelangelo

“But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.”

— Lemony Snicket; The Beatrice Letters

Safia Elhillo, from Home Is Not a Country; “Boys”

“The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.”

— J.K. Rowling (Leo)

“The things I find most beautiful about a person are almost never physical.”

— Mark Patterson

“Some walks you have to take alone.”

— Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

-Sylvia Plath