The sea is full of saints. You know that? You know that: you're a big boy. The sea's full of saints and it's been full of saints for years. Since longer than anything. Saints were there before there were even gods. They were waiting for them, and they're still there now. Saints eat fish and shellfish. Some of them catch jellyfish and some of them eat rubbish. Some saints eat anything they can find. They hide under rocks; they turn themselves inside out: they spit up spirals. There's nothing saints don't do. Make this shape with your hands. Like that. Move your fingers. There, you made a saint. Look out, here come another one! Now they're fighting! Yours won. There aren't any big corkscrew saints anymore, but there are still ones like sacks and ones like coils, and ones like robes with flapping sleeves. What's your favourite saint? I'll tell you mine. But wait a minute, first, do you know what it is makes them all saints? They're all a holy family, they're all cousins. Of each other, and of ... you know what else they're cousins of? That's right. Of gods. Alright now. Who was it made you? You know what to say. Who made you?
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Related eat, baby. eat. chew. please. I know it hurts. I know it doesn’t feel good. CAITLYN SIEHL Romeo: If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In your hands The dog, the donkey, surely they know They are alive. Who would ... MARY OLIVER OLYMPAS: There is one doubt. When souls attain Such an unimagined gain Shall n... ALEISTER CROWLEY The Type Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else. -Richard Siken SARAH KAY Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track t... JOSEPH CAMPBELL If you're anything like me, You bite your nails, And laugh when you're nervous. You p... TAYLOR SWIFT ...A brave new world. There isn't anything really like that, is there?" "You don't believe in i... AGATHA CHRISTIE Mother and wife are saints, If they are not together A G MARAN Girl Without Hands Walking through the ruins on your way to work that do not lo... MARGARET ATWOOD THE INVITATION by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn't interest me what you do for a li... ORIAH MOUNTAIN DREAMER I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with. Tell me why you loved... ANDREA GIBSON Save your explanations, I got some questions for you first and you'd better answer them!' [slurred H... STEVEN ERIKSON Girl, bite. Girl, devour. Girl, don't forgive. Girl, stay angry. Girl, be selfish. Girl, w... CAITLYN SIEHL I promise you I will try harder to be better. I have battled with things ... TYLER KNOTT GREGSON Questions, I've got some questions I want to know you But what if I could ask you only one... JACK JOHNSON There will always be those who say you are too young and delicate to make anything happen ... CLEMENTINE VON RADICS Ithaka As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of ... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS I made up my mind I was going to find someone who would love me unconditionally three hundred and si... HARUKI MURAKAMI Don’t pack out ______________ To some people, you make life bright When you d... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Some things cannot be fixed; they can only be carried. Grief like yours, love like yours, can only b... MEGAN DEVINE TRAUMA STEALS YOUR VOICE People get so tired of asking you what's wrong and you've run o... NIKITTA GILL REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS Before you were born, And were still too tiny for The h... SUZY KASSEM Can I say something?' 'Go on' 'I'm a little drunk' 'Me too. That's okay.' 'Just.... DAVID NICHOLLS You came to my life with what you were bringing, made of light and bread and shadow I... PABLO NERUDA I threw away my phone I thought that you should know I'd throw away my home If I had som... ASHLEE SIMPSON [THE DAILY BREATH] Do you remember the first day of school, when your mom and dad gave yo... DRAGOS BRATASANU Do you know what it is like, to lie in bed awake; with thoughts to haunt you every ni... LANG LEAV REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS Before you were born, And were still too tiny for The h... SUZY KASSEM Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX but nothing I ever gave was good for you; it was like white bread to goldfish. they cram a... MARGARET ATWOOD A Work of Art ... is not a living thing ... that walks or runs. But the making of a life... LOUIS KAHN We were talking about the space between us all And the people who hide themselves behind a wall... GEORGE HARRISON Flipping to the front, I caught Aiden's gaze and offered a sympathetic smile. "Skittles?"... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT There are things we all know about but we don't think they are important. Like hurting while se... SIMRAN.M.ANTHONY You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself an... DR. SEUSS There was a girl I knew who always wanted to be the one to stand out from the crowd Always belie... LINDSAY LOHAN Mother are wife are saints, If they are not together A G MARAN So what I want to know is why it is that I can no longer find you, in my mind. You are still there, ... NEIL GAIMAN The Mistake With the mistake your life goes in reverse. Now you can see exactl... JAMES FENTON ...what happens when you return and find nothing but a hollowed shell, shingles and f... KELLIE ELMORE No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you kno... CHARLOTTE BRONTë BEWARE OF THOSE Beware of those who are bitter, For they will never allow you T... SUZY KASSEM If you're an artist, always keep at it, there will be someone out there who sees the universe and so... JENNIFER MEGAN VARNADORE STARS AND DANDELIONS Deep in the blue sky, like pebbles at the bottom of the sea, lie... MISUZU KANEKO Hello," Life says, "Remember me? We started out together here When you were just a bundle<... JACOB NORDBY When you are doing all that you know to do yet all hell is breaking out around you, SANJO JENDAYI So that you will hear me my words sometimes grow thin as the tracks of the gulls on t... PABLO NERUDA Why I Cannot Relate "What do you think of this piece?" Someone will ask About some w... KYLEE CARRIER Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God replied. "What came before colors?" Jesus asked. "... ANTHONY T. HINCKS You are so full of light,” I say after a moment. “You align with joy, and I with fear and fury. ... MARIE LU My mother tells me that when I meet someone I like, I have to ask them three questions: CAITLYN SIEHL 6 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, and I still don’t know which month it was then or what day it... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Start by pulling him out of the fire and hoping that he will forget the smell. He was supp... CAITLYN SIEHL leaving is not enough; you must stay gone. train your heart like a dog. change the locks<... MARTY MCCONNELL Where are You Now? I was there whilst you cried, I was there to comfort you with smile, LUISA NATASHA PARKER This is your life. Do what you want and do it often. If you don't like something, change it. <... HOLSTEE MANIFESTO Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, f... NAOMI SHIHAB NYE as long as there are human beings about there is never going to be any peace for... CHARLES BUKOWSKI The Pretender Keep you in the dark you know they all pretend Keep you in the dark an... FOO FIGHTERS As you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that your journey be a long one, filled wit... BARRY B. POWELL Everything we say and do affects people. It can be either physically or mentally. Words ca... HINA YU Because like the depths of the ocean that calls you home, you will never be easy. But dar... JEANETTE LEBLANC I had a dream about you. We were in the gold room where everyone finally gets what they want. RICHARD SIKEN And there you are on the shore, fitful and thoughtful, trying to attach them ... MARY OLIVER We need to pull over now," she screeched as she gagged. "Paper is not supposed to be made out of poo... ROBYN PETERMAN The Poet With His Face In His Hands You want to cry aloud for your mistakes.... MARY OLIVER WOMAN: Hi, where are your copies of Breaking Dawn? I can't see any on the shelf. BOOKSELLER: So... JEN CAMPBELL More than nakedness, for there is no cover to take. The fire in your eyes is ringed w... DONNA GODDARD To the most inconsiderate asshole of a friend, I’m writing you this letter because I know tha... CECELIA AHERN Have you ever made the world stand still before?" "What does that mean?" "It m... ALBERT ESPINOSA The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate... COLIN POWELL Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise Hath chid down all the majesty of England; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE May you find serenity and tranquility in a worl... SANDRA STURTZ HAUSS String of love Universe surrounds you The Saints kneels to you My freezin... JHUNMAR SIMILA My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, h... DR. SEUSS (THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL) most importantly love like it's the only thing you know how at the end of the day all this... RUPI KAUR Better associations __________________ If you associate yourself with a change maker... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Butterfly. What a beautiful word What a delicate creature. Delicate like the cruel wo... COLLEEN HOOVER I'm still looking for someone Who said they were here for me, And I thought I was once the... MARGO T. ROSE I Like For You To Be Still I like for you to be still It is as though you are... PABLO NERUDA It offends me when you doubt my love. These jealousies are unwarranted. If only you lived ... KAMAND KOJOURI Better Associations: If you associate yourself with a change maker, Your life will b... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but t... MAYA ANGELOU Alecto… what do you think would happen if people found out about you? Your abilities, your life, M... REBECCA MCNUTT Hey Atticus, do me a quick favour before we go? its easy. Sure. What is it? Ho... KEVIN HEARNE I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tel... EMILY DICKINSON and you invented me and I invented you and that's why we don't get along on this... CHARLES BUKOWSKI The sun shines through the window And the sun shines through your hair It seems like you'r... MAGGIE STIEFVATER If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not ... DAN GEORGE What a skeletal wreck of man this is. Translucent flesh and feeble bones, the kind of temp... STONE SOUR You are the daughter of the sea, oregano's first cousin. Swimmer, your body is pure as the wat... PABLO NERUDA THE THREE LAWS OF ALL You are never to worship a living soul, Except for three entit... SUZY KASSEM And then you leave the memories behind. When you look at the pictures It seems like it wa... ARZUM UZUN Rockabye Baby, in the treetop Dont you know a treetop is no safe place to rock? And who ... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Rockabye Baby, in the treetop Dont you know a treetop is no safe place to rock? And w... SHEL SILVERSTEIN When I was a child, an angel came to say, A true friend is coming my warrior to sweep you away,... SHANNON L. ALDER On Pleasure Pleasure is a freedom-song, But it is not freedom. It is the... KAHLIL GIBRAN Frida Kahlo to Marty McConnell leaving is not enough; you must stay gone. tra... MARTY MCCONNELL For all these stars, nothing is new. They’ve seen all kinds of wars and miracles, t... 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