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QUOTES FROM MY FAVORITE BOOKS (2023)
I’m the type of reader who never highlight passages or memorize quotes. I would go so far as to say, I never really care too much about them. But sometimes, there are words that capture a moment or emotion so perfectly even my forgetful brain couldn’t help but remember the lines and relive all the feels.
Here are unforgettable quotes from my favorite books.
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Wake up and look me in the eyes again
I need to feel your hands upon my face
Words can be like knives
They can cut you open
And then the silence surrounds you
And haunts youI think I might’ve inhaled you
I can feel you behind my eyes
You’ve gotten into my bloodstream
I can feel you flowing in meWords can be like knives
They can cut you open
And then the silence surrounds you
And haunts youI think I might’ve inhaled you
I can feel you behind my eyes
You’ve gotten into my bloodstream
I can feel you flowing in meThe spaces in between
Two minds and all the places they have been
The spaces in between
I try to put my finger on it
I try to put my finger on itI think I might’ve inhaled you
I can feel you behind my eyes
You’ve gotten into my bloodstream
I can feel you flowing in meI think I might’ve inhaled you
I can feel you behind my eyes
You’ve gotten into my bloodstream
I can feel you flowing in meあれから僕ら幾星霜
始まりが遠くに霞む
国道の朝焼け
浅虫の黄昏
辛い事 泣いた事 笑った事
一つが二つあって 手を結んだら一つで
二人が分かち合って 一つずつの夢
悲しみのない世界で 眠って 眠って
明日の事とか それはまた別のお話
冷たい雪の粒が
思い出を積み上げる夜
君は優しく笑う
春を待つ想望
ストーブがしんと鳴る部屋の中
一つが二つあって 名を呼び合えば一つで
二人が分かち合って 一歩ずつの歩み
悲しみのない世界で 眠って 眠って
明日の事とか それはまた別のお話
辛い事も 泣いた事も 笑った事も
赤くなる
夕焼けがやってくる頃に
僕らは皆赤くなる
いい人も 悪い人も 怒った人も
赤くなる
夕焼けがやってくる頃に
等しく皆赤くなる
一つが二つあって 笑い合えたら一つで
二人が分かち合って たった一つの願い
悲しみのない世界で 眠って 眠って
明日の事とか それはまた別のお話
It’s been so much time for us since then
The beginning looms in the distance
Morning glow of the highway
Asamushi in the twilight
Painful things, crying, and laughing
Two of one, holding hands they become one
Two people sharing their dreams one by one
In a world without grief, sleep, sleep
Tomorrow, well that’s another story
Flakes of cold snow
The night that piles up old memories
You smile gently
Yearning, waiting for spring
The stove within that room of silence
Two of one, and they call out to each other as one
Two people sharing a walk, one step at a time
In a world without grief, sleep, sleep
Tomorrow, well that’s another story
The painful things, crying, and laughing
Turn red
And as sunset falls
We all become red
Good people, bad people, and angry people
Turn red
And as sunset falls
All equally become red
Two of one, and they smile together
Two people sharing just a single wish
In a world without grief, sleep, sleep
Tomorrow, well that’s another story
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It’s been a while since I felt this way about someone
I’d really really like to know you more, know you more
Oh your eyes they sing a song to me
And I’d really really like to move to it, grooveAnd I will open my heart
And I will only for youOh your eyes they’re spinning round my head
And oh, oh this light is on, ooh yeah, on ooh yeah
Oh your eyes they’re spinning round my head
And oh, oh this light is on, ooh yeah, on oohAnd I will open my heart
And I will only for youAnd I just don’t know what to do
My head has such a cloudy view
I’m so tired of trying
And I just don’t know what to do
My head has such a cloudy view
I’m so tired of tryingOh your eyes they’re spinning round my head
And oh, oh this light is on, ooh yeah, on ooh yeah
Oh your eyes they’re spinning round my head
And oh, oh this light is on, ooh yeah, on oohAnd I will open my heart
And I will only for youI’ll take an ocean in my stride
Steal the stars and hitch a ride
To your door
And time builds a bridge through our bloodlines
From the roots, we’ll watch love rise
Heaven knows how it growsNow that I’ve found you
Now that I’ve found you
I won’t let go
Let my love surround you
Now that I’ve found you
I can lay down with my ghostNow that I’ve found you, don’t go
Don’t goI’ll be the branch that breaks your fall
If you need me, make the call
I’ll be there
And I know it’s late for lullabies
But the future’s yours and mine
Now and for evermoreNow that I’ve found you
Now that I’ve found you
I won’t let go
Let my love surround you
Now that I’ve found you
I can lay down with my ghost(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now that I’ve found you, don’t go
Don’t go
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)Now that I’ve found you
Now that I’ve found you
I won’t let go
Let my love surround you (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now that I’ve found you
I can lay down with my ghost(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now that I’ve found you, don’t goYeah, I wanna be on your mind, when the stars ignite
When the summer night unfolds, yeah, I wanna take a picture now
When the lights go down and our senses all take holdThought I was the same kind of guy
Strong and silent type
But you got me talking now, yeah, it’s in the way you look at me
I can see that you feel everything I feelAnd it’s no surprise
When you’re this close, every touch is amplified
I don’t know when we’ll be here again, so I memorize
Every inch of your body, show me every side
Of youYeah, I don’t know what tomorrow knows, where these feelings go
But I plan on being ’round, time is nothing when you look at me
Can’t you see this thing’s meant to go on way past right now?And it’s no surprise
When you’re this close, every touch is amplified
I don’t know when we’ll be here again, so I memorized
Every inch of your body, show me every side
Of youShow me every side
Of youEvery shape and every color that I found
I can hardly see a world without you now
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oohAnd it’s no surprise
When you’re this close, every touch is amplified
I don’t know when we’ll be here again, so I memorized
Every inch of your body, show me every side
Of youShow me every side, of you
Of you
Show me every side
Of you -
Complications: my claim to fame
And I can’t believe there’s another
Constantly just another
Can’t avoid what I can’t control
And I’m losing ground, still I can’t stand down
I know, yeah, I know, yeahI know you stay true when my world is false
Everything around’s breaking down to chaos
I always see you when my sight is lost
Everything around’s breaking down to chaosIt’s hard to trust anyone again
After all the letdowns I’ve been through
Haunted by what I’ve been through
Best to try while I still can breathe
And I’m screaming out, “give me help somehow”
And I know, yeah, I know, yeahI know you stay true when my world is false
Everything around’s breaking down to chaos
I always see you when my sight is lost
Everything around’s breaking down to chaos -
I can’t believe that you would think
I’d never see that you deserve the best (deserve the best)
If you’re afraid, then I’m to blame
I should’ve never let it come to this (come to this)Sometimes we just have to walk through the fire (the fire)
Just to see once more what has never shined brighter (shined brighter)Don’t say enough, we’re not out of love
We just grew up having to find out that
Hearts go astray, sparks slip away
But I have to say, I still light up for you
For you, I still light up for youDon’t let the tears undo the years
That got us here we traveled all this way (all this way)
And no matter how we sort it out
Know I’m for sure that you’re the one for me (the one for me)Sometimes we just have to walk on the wire (the wire)
Just to understand we have never felt higher (felt higher)Don’t say enough, we’re not out of love
We just grew up having to find out that
Hearts go astray, sparks slip away
But I have to say, I still light up for you
For you, I still light up for youNobody said it would be easy
We thought we could prove them wrong
And we know it takes more than a feeling
To carry the two of us on
But I still believe in our love
Yeah I still believe in us
I still believe in us
I still light upDon’t say enough, we’re not out of love
We just grew up having to find out that
Hearts go astray, sparks slip away
But I have to say, I still light up for you
For you, I still light up for youHeavy footsteps in my boots
Will I be the one you choose
I keep chasing hope away
too proud to try and make a changeIf I had the chance
I’d take the words right back
& turn it all around
Never let you down
I don’t want us to break
into a beautiful mistakeAll the confidence I lacked
You gave back in just two weeks
I don’t wanna be your ghost anymore
always dragging up the pastWaiting for the moment
When we can make things right
Waiting for the moment
Forgiveness in your eyesEveryone has their obsession
Consuming thoughts, consuming time
They hold high their prized possession
That defines the meaning of their livesYou are mine
There are objects of affection
That can mesmerize the soul
There is always one addiction
That just can not be controlledYou are mine
Everyone has their obsession
Consuming thoughts, consuming time
They hold high their prized possession
They hold high their prized possessionYou are mine
Play another wedding song
A wedding song goes on and on
See the churches falling down
This is only in your mind
We’re useless
We’re useless
All their dresses stand so white
All the brides are all in white
Play another wedding song
A wedding song goes on and on
We’re useless
We’re useless
Walking on the paper ruins
Shoes and rice and one two three
Picking through the plastic ruins
Of my useless memory
Make a line of useless women
Make a line of useless men
Love me love me love me love
Again again again again
We’re useless
We’re useless
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Come to me
In the night hours
I will wait for you
And I can’t sleep
Cause thoughts devour
Thoughts of you consumeI can’t help but love you
Even though I try not to
I can’t help but want you
I know that I’d die without youStay with me a little longer
I will wait for you
Shadows creep
And want grows stronger
Deeper than the truthI can’t help but love you
Even though I try not to
I can’t help but want you
I know that I’d die without youI can’t help but be wrong in the dark
Cause I’m overcome in this war of hearts
I can’t help but want oceans to part
Cause I’m overcome in this war of heartsI can’t help but love you
Even though I try not to
I can’t help but want you
I know that I’d die without youI can’t help but be wrong in the dark
Cause I’m overcome in this war of hearts
I can’t help but want oceans to part
Cause I’m overcome in this war of hearts -
I miss you now, what’s come over me?
We’re hostages of geography
The wait is long and heavy too
Despite what you’re accustomed to
I know that life moves on, that’s what scares me so
Have no intentions of letting go
Only us, no one in the world
Only us, no one in the worldI better do something, move earth and sky
And patiently, sweetly, with all of my might
I sing only for you
To the beat of my footsteps in the night
Close your eyes and dream me home
Forever mine, I’ll be forever yours
Always, evermore, and on and on
Always, evermore, and on and on
Always, evermore, and on and on
Always, evermoreThere’s no magic bullet, no cure for pain
What’s done is done until you do it again
Life in pursuit of a nameless prey
I’ve been so close, I’m so far away
It’s so hard to explain, so easy to feel
I need you now, nothing is real
Save me from the villains of circumstance
Before I lose my placeClose your eyes and dream me home
Forever mine, I’ll be forever yours
I’ll be forever yours
I’ll be forever yours
Always, evermore, and on and on
Always, evermore, and on and on
Always, evermore, and on and on
Always, evermore -
And baby when you sleep, do you dream of me?
And when you’re awake, do you think of me?
I need to know, how do you feel?
‘Cause baby when I sleep, I dream of you
And when I’m awake, that’s all I do
Think about every detail you have
Do you notice when I get mad, I clench my jaw?
Do you notice when I get sad, I tend to fall?
Over my words, I say to you
‘Cause I notice when you get mad, you close your eyes
And I notice when you are sad, you let out sighs
I need to know, are those sighs ever over me?
Do you know how in love with you I am?
Do you see how in love with you I am?
Everything that you do, it makes my heart stop
Oh, it stopsAnd baby when you sleep, do you dream of me?
Go, ahead and tell me you got all you want
Fiver says you’re wrong
And I suppose you’ve come down to help me
Move things alongAnd we lapped it up and we’re wise enough to know
How it goes, forgive me honey
But we’re wise enough to know
How it goes, forgive me honey
‘Cause we know this feeling all a little too wellListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you’d turned up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid offSo yeah, go, ahead and tell me something real
Come on, how’d you feel?
And I suppose you’ve come down to help me
Add scenes to the reel
To the reelWhy we laughed it off and we’re wise enough, who knows?
How it goes, forgive me honey
But we’re wise enough to know
How it goes, forgive me honey
‘Cause we know this feeling all a little too wellListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you’d turned up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid offAnd it’s by the by
If it makes those nights fly
We’re side by side again
And now, we’re all careless and loved up
You know exactly how it goes
When you’re giving us all kind of reason
Thought I had to go
Follow the heart I believe in, ’cause one of us must know
When you’re giving us all kind of reason
Thought I had to go
Follow the heart I believe in, ’cause in the past it’s done me good
So good, so good, so goodListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you’d turn up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid offListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you’d turned up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid offBaby I just wanna care for you
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Baby today, show me a way to your heart
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Show me a way, show me a way to your heartI can sense your resistance
I know that you’ve been hurt before
Can you respect my persistence
I’m ready to give so much more
I’m here
So wrap your arms around meBaby I just wanna care for you
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Baby today, show me a way to your heart
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Show me a way, show me a way to your heartHeart, no no
Your heart, no no
Your heart, no no
Your heart, heartLike sand in the ocean
Troubles washing over you
So let go your emotion, yeah
Open up to something new
I’m right here
So wrap your arms around meBaby I just wanna care for you
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Baby today, show me a way to your heart
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Show me a way, show me a way to your heartHeart, no no
Your heart, no no
Your heart, no no
Your heart, heart
Heart, no no
Your heart, no no
Your heart, no no
Your heart, heartBaby I just wanna care for you
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Baby today, show me a way to your heart
You know, that I just wanna care for you
Show me a way, show me a way to your heart -
You and me, we’re bound to be together, together
You and me, we’re bound to be together, forever
I could see it in your eyes, that you’ve never had a love like this before (love like this before)
Cause’ you and me, we’re bound to be together, together, foreverSo in love, a smile on my face the moment I step outside
It’s alive, and spinning out of control
Don’t be shy, I know we both got the same things on our mind
We’re alive, in a way that I’ve never known, and I never wanna let you go(love like this before)
You and me, we’re bound to be together, together
You and me, we’re bound to be togetherSo in love, a smile on my face the moment I step outside
It’s alive, and spinning out of control
So in love, a smile on my face the moment I step outside
It’s alive, and spinning out of control
Don’t be shy, I know we both got the same things on our mind
We’re alive, in a way that I’ve never known, and I never wanna let you go(love like this before)
(never wanna let you go)
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i feel rich without any money
cause a billionaire couldn’t pay for the love of my hunny
all i need is you
and a little fresh air and maybe two lawn chairs when it’s sunny
i can see that life’s a little funny
watching people in the news and the love that they lose over money
when things come down on me
a billion dollars or two can’t compare to the things that you do*cause your levity is like gravity in love
my heart rises above and it’s ok
and since galaxies and nebulas are dust
in you my love i’ll trust that it’s ok*they say the universe is made of one thing
so that’s a little bit of she and a little bit of he in you and me
some people call it god and some people call it life
if we just just call it love then isn’t that enough to agree
to be here right now and keep your mind from running
stop looking around, you can’t buy it in town, cause it’s free
it’s in the love of all your friends, your mom, your dad, your kids, your sister, your brother, your lover, it’s all between one another*cause their levity is like gravity in love
your heart rises above and it’s ok
and since galaxies and nebulas are dust
with all the love you’ll trust that it’s ok*
