#shadow

If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light ↗

I had spared the stag's life. The power of that life belonged to me as surely as it belonged to the man who had taken it. ↗

— Leigh Bardugo

#the-grisha #life

Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow. ↗

— W.H. Auden

#self #shadow #life

After school the very next day, El Rey's mobile home was gone. I laid in bed and wondered what happens to people when they go, if they become like shadows, if they fade away when they disappear from your life. The only thing I could see was the broken picket fence. The only sound I could hear was the cry of birds being killed in the night. ↗

— Joe Meno

#shadows #vanishing #life

Love makes you a liar. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#love #pain #shadow-puppets #love

Why they think everyone should be alike in making love when no one can even agree on what ice cream they like, I'll never know from Dark Citadel ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#love

Ever, could I or could I not count the shadows of your being? ↗