I think I've been afraid most of my life to be myself. J.A. Redmerski More Quotes by J.A. Redmerski More Quotes From J.A. Redmerski Just because one person's problem is less traumatic than another's doesn't mean they're required to hurt less J.A. Redmerski problem hurt mean I have never lived the way I lived during my short time with you. For the first time in my life, I’ve felt whole, alive, free. You were the missing piece of my soul, the breath in my lungs, the blood in my veins. I think that if past lives are real then we have been lovers in every single one of them. I’ve known you for a short time, but I feel like I’ve known you forever J.A. Redmerski real past thinking Time is cruel like life. It slows down so that you can truly experience the worst moments of it. Only if you make it through them do you get to say ‘It all happened so fast. J.A. Redmerski worst-moments slow-down happened It’s like, you know, it doesn’t matter what you do, even if you try to replicate an experience down to every last detail, it’ll never be the way it was when it happened naturally the first time. J.A. Redmerski matter trying way Pain hurts, but pain that's so powerful that you can't feel anymore, that's when you start to feel like you're going crazy. J.A. Redmerski pain powerful hurt Heart always wins out over the mind. The heart, although reckless and suicidal and a masochist all on its own, always gets its way. J.A. Redmerski suicidal winning heart I think that if past lives are real then we have been lovers in every single one of them. I've known you for a short time, but I feel like I've known you forever. J.A. Redmerski real past thinking I guess sometimes the greatest memories are made in the most unlikely of places, further proof that spontaneity is more rewarding than a meticulously planned life. J.A. Redmerski spontaneity sometimes memories This goes against everything that I am, Sarai," he says and then kisses me. "No, it doesn't," I whisper and kiss him back. "It's you becoming more of who you really are. J.A. Redmerski kiss-me becoming kissing Just that dwelling and planning is bullshit, you dwell on the past, you can’t move forward. Spend too much time planning for the future and you just push yourself backwards, or you stay stagnant in the same place all your life. Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you’ll get wherever it is you’re going a lot faster and with less bumps in the road along the way. J.A. Redmerski memories past moving A bus ride is like being in another world. J.A. Redmerski another-world bus world Just remember to always be yourself and don’t be afraid to speak your mind or to dream out loud J.A. Redmerski speak-your-mind being-yourself dream The moment you tell someone else is the moment you become a whiner and the world’s smallest violin starts to play. The truth is, we all have problems; we all go through hardships and pain, and my pain is paradise compared to a lot of people’s and I really have no right to whine at all. J.A. Redmerski pain play people Are you in love with me, Camryn Bennett?” … “Not yet,” I say with a smile in my voice, “but I’m getting there. J.A. Redmerski voice You made me feel real emotions. You unlocked me. J.A. Redmerski emotion real made I wonder if the ocean smells different on the other side of the world. J.A. Redmerski smell different ocean What you wear doesn't really matter much. All that matters is where you're going what you're doing while you're wearing it. J.A. Redmerski matter You’re the world to me,” I whisper onto her lips. “I hope you never forget that.” “I’ll never forget,” she whispers back.. “But if I ever do, for whatever reason, I hope you’ll always find a way to remind me.” ...“Always. J.A. Redmerski lips way world But the heart has a mind of its own and it always gets what it wants, especially when it's dying. J.A. Redmerski dying mind heart It’s my future and my life and I can’t make myself live the way someone else wants me to. J.A. Redmerski my-future want way
