“We Don’t Read And Write Poetry Because It’s Cute. We Read And Write Poetry Because We Are Members

“It’s hard when you miss people. But, you know, if you miss them it means you were lucky. It means you had someone special in your life, someone worth missing.”

— Nathan Scott

“It is an easy mistake to think that non-talkers are non-feelers.”

— Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose (via thoughtkick)

“I’d much rather have one great person to talk to every night than have several pointless conversations with temporary people.”

— Unknown

“To have someone understand your mind is a different kind of intimacy.”

— Unknown

“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.. and when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever first said that poetry is dead failed to provide the autopsy. If poetry is dead, what a rowdy and glorious ghost. Poetry haunts. Poetry permeates the walls we put up. Poetry startles us awake and into our own aliveness. Poetry rustles the hairs on the backs of our necks and chases us into more compassionate rooms. Though it is difficult to change a stubborn mind, poetry can change our hearts in an instant.

Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, from How Poetry Can Change Your Heart

“Sometimes you just have to stay silent because no words can explain what’s going on in your heart and mind.”

— Unknown

“There are two reasons why we don’t trust people. First - we don’t know them. Second - we know them.”

— Unknown

“You cannot make someone understand a message they are not ready to receive.”

— Unknown