You had a lot of crooks tryin' to steal your heart
Never really had luck, couldn't figure out how to love,
How to love
You had a lot of moments that didn't last forever
Now you're in the corner tryin' to put it all together
How to love, how to love,
When you was just a youngin' your looks were so precious
Now you're grown up so fly, so fly it's like a blessing
But you can't have a man look at you for five seconds
Without you being insecure ...
Oh, you had a lot of dreams that transformed in to visions
The fact that you saw the world affected all your decisions
But it wasn't your fault
Wasn't in your intentions ...
See, I just want you to know
That you deserve the best and you're beautiful
... And I want you to know you're far from the usual
-from "How to Love" by Lil' Wayne
If you're for real and not pretend
Then I guess you can hang with me
When my patience's wearing thin
And I'm ready to give in
Will you pick me up again?
Then I guess you can hang with me
And if you do right by me
I'm gonna do right by you
And if you keep it tight
I'm gonna confide in you
I know what's on your mind,
There will be time for that, too,
If you hang with me ...
When you see me drift astray
Out of touch and out of place
Will you tell me to my face?
Then I guess you can hang with me
-from "Hang With Me" by Robyn
"Since he knew things at the beginning, maybe at the end he knew things, too. That we had gone as far as chance would take us. That nothing is more sacred than youth or more hopeful than turning yourself over to someone and saying: 'I have this time, it is not a long time, but it is my best time and my best gift, and I give it to you.' When I revisit my youth, I revisit you."
-from Anthropology of An American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann"The paradox of love is that to have it is to want to preserve it because it's perfect in the moment, but that preservation is impossible because the perfection is only ever an instant passed through. Love, like travel, is a series of moments that we immediately leave behind. Still, we try to hold on and embalm against all evidence and common sense, proclaiming our promises and plans. The more I loved him, the more I felt hope. But hope acknowledges uncertainty and so I also felt my first premonitions."
-from Wanderlust: An Affair with the Five Continents by Elizabeth Eaves
"Something about first love defies duplication. Before it, your heart is blank. Unwritten. After, the walls are left inscribed and graffitied. When it ends, no amount of scrubbing will purge the scrawled oaths and sketched images, but sooner or later, you find that there's space for someone else, between the words and in the margins."
-from Where You Are by Tamara Webber
Are you gonna kiss me or not?
Are we gonna do this or what?
I think you I like you a lot,
But you're 'bout to miss your shot
Are you gonna kiss me or not?
... I really think we got a shot
Are you gonna kiss me or not?
-from "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not?" by Thompson Square
There's a boy I know,
He's the one I dream of
Looks into my eyes
Takes me to the clouds above
Oh, I lose control
Can't seem to get enough, uh-huh,
When I wake from dreaming,
Tell me is it really love?
How will I know?
Don't trust your feelings
How will I know?
How will I know?
Love can be deceiving
How will I know?
How will I know if he really loves me?
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you 'cause you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me?
I try to phone, but I'm too shy can't speak,
Falling in love is all bittersweet
This love is strong,
Why do I feel weak?
-from "How Will I Know?" by Whitney Houston
"The glue of mutual need that bonded us so tightly together for all those years is melting away. Dark patches, not light, show the spaces between us. How can it be that today, in the face of 12's horrible demise, we are too angry to even speak to each other."
-from Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy #3) by Suzanne Collins
"I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking. ... Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."
-from Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy #3) by Suzanne Collins
"My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all."
-from Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy #3) by Suzanne Collins
