“I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch everything go wrong.” Lemony Snicket
“Let’s be wild and brave
And tender and soft
And bright and sweet and
Lovely and free.
And let’s be
Stars and galaxies and stardust
And bits of light
And let’s be wonderful and beautiful
And small and yet too big
And strong but vulnerable
And let’s be
Diamonds and dust
And dreamers and fighters
And fire and joy and grace
Let’s be me and you.” GC
“If the world was upside down,
And the seas washed upon the heavens,
Sand became stardust,
Forests danced like northern lights,
And we were swimming through the Milky Way,
One thing I know,
No matter how the universe shifts,
I’ll still be holding you.”
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death