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41 " i've never believed in anything or anybody that needed constant praise. "
― Darnell Lamont Walker
42 " Words have never belonged to those who wrote them. Always to those who needed then. "
43 " Artists, especially writers, great writers, are the most honest people I know. There are deep confessions in their words. And if we're strong enough to expose the spaces between them, we find truths there also. "
44 " I wish I didn’t need words to speak to her. They sometimes hold very different meanings for us both. "
45 " adulthood is depressing. for me at least. i cried at the death of every illusion harder than i cried at the death of friends. "
46 " The light is supposed to enter through your breaks, wounds, and cracks. "
47 " Some men will take you to the movies. Some will take you to the mountaintop. "
48 " You asked me to be an open book. As I've already told you, I am. Anything you need to know about me can be found. Don't confuse me, a paperback, with a book on tape. "
49 " There’s a small window of opportunity to apologize sometimes after you’ve terribly wronged someone. It closes. Sometimes forever, but it never opens wide enough again for a good breeze. "
50 " She left, never to return. I planted a tree and a seed each time I thought of her. I grew a small forest and a large garden and had no one to give the orchids to. "
51 " The world is full of 'friends' of suicide victims thinking 'if I had only made that drive over there, I could have done something. "
52 " It's crazy. My life has been full of fun and adventure. but i love meeting people who make me feel like I've done nothing. "
53 " The right people make you realize fame and fortune is cool, but small moments of pure freedom is better. "
54 " With tact, exit from the world I’ve created, and we never have to speak of those good times again. "
55 " What their scorned, over-fucked mothers never teach them is this: men can be hurt, too. "
56 " If you had the option to pray for me or fight with me, you better choose the fight. "
57 " Non Violence and Religion: Both designed to keep the oppressed from murdering their oppressors. "
58 " Summer is leaving silently. Much like a traveler approaching the end of an amazing journey. "
59 " 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 and ask “what if the room gets cold? "
― Darnell Lamont Walker , Book of She
60 " Too bad children don't know how profound their thoughts are. "