“ I enabled your tendency to be vulnerable and weak, and your habits of crying when 6,000 others were present for the music. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ And you say Paris is gay, but it has its down times. You say go in the spring and not the summer, because watching the autumn creep through the Rive Gauche preparing for winter is hard. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ If you’re not seeing God at the climax, it’s not worth doing. Sex is the bridge that connects heaven and earth. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ Waking up in a room with no natural light does something to a man. no windows. I’m almost afraid to die. I fear my soul won’t make it out. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ Death pulls people from our spaces so often and we accept it as our final payment for having been here and having lived, however big or small. We don’t always have time to notice how things have chang… Darnell Lamont Walker
“ Tell me what you’re looking for and i will become that for you. I can sacrifice my inner freedoms for you without looking twice at my old journals and solid promises I made to myself about such things… Darnell Lamont Walker
“ Sorrow is what I feel for people who aren’t doing what they love. I keep my distance from them as though they’re contagious. They are, I believe. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we’d meet there again. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ We are not sure what we will become, only what we want to and don’t want to. We often become what we never thought we could, then we become fine with that. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ I didn’t mean to snore in your ear, but I wanted to inhale all of what was wrapped up in the comforter with me. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ If they knew how much you kept inside to keep from hurting them, but hurting yourself instead, maybe they’d love you more. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ I wonder if she’s infatuated enough to let me lock her in a box with me on a cool fall day and make love like America depends on us. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ Because when the night gets here, I’ll be the youngest I’ll ever be again, so I will laugh and celebrate relative youth. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ I’m not sure what it was or where she sprayed it, but her scent will be the end of the life I loved. And I will find comfort in the simpleness of sitting with her on a Saturday afternoon with nothing… Darnell Lamont Walker
“ I couldn’t love you for who you are because you showed me who you truly wanted to be, and I loved her more. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ They tell you the story of Job so often to remind you when you lose it all, stay calm. I've always refused it. I hated the story. It made no sense, and then I developed the belief that religion’s only… Darnell Lamont Walker
“ Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ After every shirt she looks at me and smiles, letting go of air she no longer needs. She laughs after the sweater, knowing I’m gonna tell her it’s too hot for it, knowing she’ll say it’s for the plane… Darnell Lamont Walker
“ With tact, exit from the world I’ve created, and we never have to speak of those good times again. Darnell Lamont Walker
