“Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.”— Eileen Myles, poetryfoundation.org
“We both went our separate ways but something whispers to me that we still belong together that our paths will cross again and never part ways that our separation was only a bridge to connect us back when we’re both done rebuilding ourselves”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“How could I not hold it against you? when you’re alive and breathing and still not asking about me How could I not hold it against you? when you’re choosing not to choose me?”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“Don’t wait for someone to make up their mind about you wait for someone who doesn’t keep you waiting wait for someone who wouldn’t even think twice when given the choice to be with someone like you”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“I stopped decoding mixed messages or reading between the lines because people who care about you enough will send you messages you don’t need to analyze or question”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“If you’re always looking for something better you may not realize that what you have is already the best”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“Don’t wonder why they left let them wonder why you never asked Don’t wonder why they stopped caring let them wonder why you never cared to know”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“I have enough friends I don’t want your friendship I want your hand to hold at night I want your voice to hear every morning I want your hugs to keep me warm I don’t want your friendship I want more I want your love”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“You tell me that I never ask about you and I hope you know that I’m still burnt by the times I’ve asked about you and got no response”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“Everyone says you’re better than me but I don’t care because I know that I’m the best for you”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“Maybe we meet the right people at the wrong time because we wasted the right time with the wrong people”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“I wish I could rewrite our fate so we can end up together I wish I could write you for me and write me for you and I wish I could erase anyone else who came in between”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“I wish I loved myself more than anyone else I wish I didn’t feel bad after ignoring your text I wish I didn’t think of you every night I wish I knew how to sleep after knowing I hurt someone I wish I knew how to be heartless I wish nothing fazed me I wish I had the talent to do everything that pushe…”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“You say you love me with your shot of whiskey you say I’m the one with your glass of champagne but then you don’t say a word with your cup of coffee”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“Out of courtesy listen to all he has to say and out of caution believe none of it until he proves it”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“Someday, you will look for someone who resembles me and on that same day I will be with someone who doesn’t resemble you at all.”— Rania Naim, gumroad.com
“Sometimes I'm the mess. Sometimes I'm the broom. On the hardest days, I have to be both.”— Rudy Francisco, twitter.com
“You gave me What you did not have, and I gave you What I had to give—together, we made Something greater from the difference.”— Alberto Álvaro Ríos, narrativemagazine.com