In The Quiet Of Her Heart, She Found Hope's Light, And With Her Imagination As The Only Brush, Painted

I'm not the silly romantic you think. I don't want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don't want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want... a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved.

Shana Abe

In giving kindness, one finds healing; in expressing gratitude, they discover their strength.

“Love isn’t only love, sweetheart. It’s hard work, and trust, and tears, with even a few glimpses of devastation. But at the end of each day, if you can still look at the person at your side and can’t imagine anyone else you’d rather have there, the pain, the heartache and the ups and downs of love are worth it.”

— Nicole Williams

"Waking up in the morning, I remember: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and selfish - ignorant of good or evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer is not of the same blood or birth, but endowed with the same reason and share of the divine as I. And so none can hurt me with an attempt to implicate me in this ugliness."

(Marcus Aurelius, Meditations)

“It was good for a while, being empty. I didn’t hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself from far away, begging for permission to come back.”

— Myra McEntire

She's been through hell and came out, an angel. You didn't break her, darling. You don't own that kind of power.

BMM Poetry

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (2004) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

“𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐟𝐢́𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚́𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚“.

𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐲𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨

-𝒔𝒏𝒉𝒏𝒌𝒌𝒎𝒏