“I was just trying to be honorable and not to steal things. I’ve always felt that if a thing had been said in the best way, how can you say it better? If I wanted to say something and somebody had said it ideally, then I’d take it but give the person credit for it. That’s all there is to it. If you a…”— Marianne Moore, theparisreview.org
“I'm not scared of your scars; I love the skin you are in.”— JESSICA KATOFF (@jessicakatoff), instagram.com
“you have within you a wildfire you should never try to tame never become too afraid to feed the flames that are lighting your way.”— @courtneyblackstone, instagram.com
“My mother once said to me; there are two kinds of men you'll meet. The first will give you the life you want and the second will give you the love you desire. If you're one of the lucky few, you will find both in the one person. But if you ever find yourself having to choose between the two, then al…”— Lang Leav (@langleav), instagram.com
“we don't find love it finds us by tracing the secret maps of our souls.”— Jose Chaves (@josechavespoetry), instagram.com
“you are going to come across people in your life who will inspire you, love you and change you. and that is a rare thing, but every once in a while you will come across someone who will completely rob you from your sleep and those are the people who are just too beautiful to put into words.”— R. M. Drake (@rmdrk), instagram.com
“i think we would all be just a little less sad if we came to the realization that loving doesn't always mean staying.”— Author. Lover. Thinker. (@marisa_crane), instagram.com
“And you will meet people who are safer loved from a distance and dangerous to love up close. Like the flames you loved as a child. Like the fire that taught you pain.”— Nikita Gill (@nikita_gill), instagram.com
“when you smiled in my direction, you built lumps inside my throat, and if that was how it feels to drown then I don't to wan't to float.”— Tony Ciampa (@emolabs), instagram.com
“You are absolutely terrifying. Not because you are bad. No, no. Because you are beauty and goodness. You are love. And these humans will run from your open arms. You've got the big blue world in your tiny ass hands. And there. You. Stand. Soldier of the sky. You light up the night with your shining…”— Erin Van Vuren (@papercrumbs), instagram.com
“if you are broken and they have left you do not question whether you were enough the problem was you were so enough they were not able to carry it.”— rupi kaur (@rupikaur_), instagram.com
“"How come you only love the moon when it's full?" "I suppose it's because I don't know how to love in fractions."”— A M A N D A T O R R O N I (@amandatorroni), instagram.com
“I've always been told I am too intimidating to approach, and it's strange to me that they can't see how soft my heart is.”— @j.r.rogue, instagram.com
“never apologize for burning too brightly or for collapsing into yourself every night. that is how galaxies are made.”— Tyler Kent White (@tylerkentwhite), instagram.com
“you see, every girl who has ever been in love is composed of stars and sadness.”— Kat Savage (@kat.savage), instagram.com
“you are going to meet people in life who make you feel things — beautiful things, confusing things things that keep you up at night. But please, don't you ever forget, that a presence of feeling does not always mean that someone is good for you. Sometimes, they end up being the complete opposite.”— Bianca Sparacino (@rainbowsalt), instagram.com
“how can I tell you how I feel without giving you the ability to completely destroy me.”— Poetry.Quotes.Thoughts.Writing (@r.m.broderick), instagram.com
“and there is only one other place than in my arms that I love you more, and it is in this poem, for here you can never leave.”— The Poetry Bandit (@the_poetrybandit), instagram.com
“there's nothing in this universe that exists the same as you, and stars would weep with joy at what their lonely atoms grew and maybe you're just a point of light in a world that makes you small, but our sky with one less star is not really our sky at all.”— e.h (erin hanson) (@thepoeticunderground), instagram.com
“what we learn in love is how to hold on — how to hold on to each other while still holding on to ourselves.”— Michael Xavier (@michael_xavier_writer), instagram.com