-Shel Silverstein, “Masks”
“When I see you, the World stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at you. There’s nothing else. No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries, no yesterday, no tomorrow. The World just stops, and it is a beautiful place, and there is only you.”
― James Frey, A Million Little Pieces
“Love is choosing the hand you want to hold as you lower your parents into their grave.”
The problem with secrets is they isolate you. They’re like the Great Wall between your heart and others. And the only way to get through this wall is to open the door. Sounds simple but for many, it is not. Openness, transparency, honesty, and vulnerability are the gateways to genuine love (to which secrets are the barrier).
I don’t want perfect. I want honest. And I don’t need luxuries, if you can give time.