“People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good a…”— Kent M. Keith, amazon.com
“But she loved him, too, with a ferocity that eventually forced her to leave him. They fought each other with the kind of graceful anger that only love can create. Still, their love was passionate, unpredictable, and selfish.’”— Sherman Alexie, amazon.com
“Do you remember when the walls fell Do you remember the sound that the door made when you closed it on me Do you know that I went down to the ground Landed on both my broken-hearted knees I didn’t even cry 'Cause pieces of me had already died I’m a ghost Haunting these halls Climbing up walls that I…”— Ingrid Michaelson, azlyrics.com
“There's nothing where he used to lie The conversation has run dry That's what's going on Nothing's fine, I'm torn I'm all out of faith This is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed Lying naked on the floor.”— Natalie Imbruglia, azlyrics.com
“I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be. But you're on to me and all over me. Oh, you loved me 'cause I'm fragile When I thought that I was strong. But you touch me for a little while And all my fragile strength is gone.”— Sara Bareilles, azlyrics.com
“Weather man said it’s gonna snow By now I should be used to the cold Mid-February shouldn’t be so scary It was only December I still remember the presents, the tree, you and me But you went away How dare you? I miss you They say I’ll be ok But I’m not going to ever get over you.”— Miranda Lambert, azlyrics.com
“You can have Manhattan I'll settle for the beach And sunsets facing westward With sand beneath my feet I'll wish this away Dismissing the days When I was one half of two You can have Manhattan Cause I can't have you”— Sara Bareilles, azlyrics.com
“So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time Tattoos and memories and dead skin on trial For what it's worth it was worth all the while It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right, I hope you had the time of your life.”— Green Day, azlyrics.com
“It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there It's hard to believe that I'm all alone At least I have her love, the city she loves me Lonely as I am, together we cry.”— Red Hot Chili Peppers, upvenue.com
“So I'll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe And I keep up with our old friends just to ask them how you are Hope it's nice where you are And I hope the sun shines And it's a beautiful day And something reminds you You wi…”— Taylor Swift, azlyrics.com
“Well your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya She tied you to her kitchen chair And she broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.”— Jeff Buckley, azlyrics.com
“Blue songs are like tattoos You know I've been to sea before Crown and anchor me Or let me sail away Hey Blue, here is a song for you Ink on a pin Underneath the skin An empty space to fill in.”— Joni Mitchell, jonimitchell.com
“And I'm done hoping That we could work it out I'm done with how it feels, Spinning my wheels Letting you drag my heart around And, oh, I'm done thinking You could ever change I know my heart will never be the same But I'm telling myself I'll be okay Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronge…”— Sara Evans, azlyrics.com
“You keep telling me, baby there will come a time When you will leave her arms and forever be in mine But I don't think that's the truth And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting It's too much pain to have to bear to love a man you have to share Why don't you stay? I'm down on my knees I'm…”— Sugarland, metrolyrics.com
“'Cause I can't make you love me If you don't You can't make your heart feel Something it won't Here in the dark In this final hour Imma lay down my heart And feel the power if you want No you won't.”— Bonnie Raitt, azlyrics.com
“But I'm only human And I bleed when I fall down I'm only human And I crash and I break down Your words in my head, knives in my heart You build me up and then I fall apart 'Cause I'm only human.”— Christina Perri, metrolyrics.com
“And if you hurt me Well, that's OK, baby, only words bleed Inside these pages you just hold me And I won't ever let you go When I'm away I will remember how you kissed me Under the lamppost Back on 6th street Hearing you whisper through the phone, "Wait for me to come home."”— Ed Sheeran, azlyrics.com
“I feel like writing a book I guess I lied in the hook Cause I still love you and I need you by my side if I could The irony is if my career and music didn't exist In 6 years, yeah, you'd probably be my wife with a kid I'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink And lighting a spliff I fal…”— Ed Sheeran, azlyrics.com
“Bring me back to holding hands in the rain, I swear I'd ease your pain. Lift you up so you could finally see The love you are to me. Why'd I have to go and do you like that? Thought I'd moved on, but you brought me right back. To the night you took my kiss away from me. I took yours too, then I lost…”— He Is We, metrolyrics.com
“You were my sun You were my earth But you didn't know all the ways I loved you, no So you took a chance And made other plans But I bet you didn't think that they would come crashing down, no You don't have to say, what you did, I already know, I found out from him Now there's just no chance, for you…”— Justin Timberlake, azlyrics.com