No, we aren't civilized, even in our business suits and high heels. People are as mean as ever, and as predictable. Underneath it all, we are not so different from what lurks in the wild, perhaps we'r...
There is the purity of love, harmonious in every way, but not meant for a lifetime, and then there is the steady love of commitment - no less real but completely different. She had both.
Envy, as distasteful as it is, has seeped into my mind on rare occasions, and those I've envied, although few in number, have only been those that live a life of leisure with peace of mind and time to...
The worst feeling when speaking with someone or receiving a gift from them is knowing they feel obligated to.
Underneath the sky, so void of light, the rain soaked me through. I held on to the railing and felt calm, even content, and then he had to reach through the dark, raise my temperature and make my hear...
If you have to speculate if someone loves you and wants to be with you, chances are they don't. It's not that complicated. Love, in most cases, betrays the one feeling it. Don't waste moments waiting...
People give up on each other long before they give up on themselves, and they do that, too.
It's effortless to let go of self-absorbed people. It's challenging to let go of someone you care about and it's exceedingly difficult to let go of an ideal and a belief in someone because what exacer...
Fortuitous, unexpected beauty is the best beauty because it is unique, and what is unique is remembered.
I didn't sleep well last night because one of my ghosts came back, haunting with his presence, and when I woke up, the others weren't here, haunting with their memory.
Bravery is the ability to endure, even unto death, all types of terrible, terrifying and painful situations and we live in a time when people do all that they can to avoid hardship and pain, never rea...
Enchantment and fulfillment were on the gold and garnet horizon - autumn's breath, a dormant dream reawakened, a yearning nearly satiated, a tender thank you with a brush of the lips, and a connection...
As long as she is near or within his power to reach, he will be drawn to her, leaving less of him for others and that's why she had to leave. She knew, despite her own great desire, that there are con...
You may not like what I see but I don't like what you do.
I'd rather know a man's sincerity than his love. Whereas I have never needed the latter, one can always count on the former.
If they were there for you when you had nothing, they are the ones worth having now. If they only notice you because of what you have gained, are they worth having at all?
I always welcomed the comforting cloak of night except for the times when I lost something in it.
Power, a paycheck and control do sick things to those who have the illusion of possessing it.
Dark hair on a white pillow, an ache inside, his face a reflection in her eye.
Life is for the loved, not the lonely." She lamented. "Although it's the lonely who try to make the world and its inhabitants less so.