A.J. Compton Quotes & Sayings

I'm a poet who has lost his words." He looks across the street, but not before I catch the dull glint of shame in his eyes.

"Where did you lose them?" I ask, gentling my tone.

He turns back to me. When he speaks, his voice is so small that I have to lean closer to hear it. "The same place I lost myself. — A.J. Compton

Be the person you want people to one day say you were. And start now. Because the timeless truth remains that time is running out for all of us, ready or not. — A.J. Compton

Although we try to control it in a million different ways, the only things you can ever really do to time are enjoy it, or waste it. That's it. — A.J. Compton

A life full of love' is just another way to say living. — A.J. Compton

As we turn our backs on the cold night air, I realize that it's moments like this where true freedom lies.

Invisible but palpable, below a sky full of stars, our freedom lies in between a boy who sees a girl, and the girl that feels him.

Truly, deeply, freely. — A.J. Compton

I was only able to move forward once I let go of my fear of leaving him behind. — A.J. Compton

We each get twenty-four hours.
1,440 minutes.
86,400 seconds.

Every day for the rest of your days.

You can't make more, or give any away.

But you can prioritize them for the right people, or waste them on the wrong ones. — A.J. Compton

I'm a feeler. I feel everything deep within my core. Even when I don't want to. I don't know where my emotions stop and my empathy begins. I feel from the tips of my toes to the follicles of my head. I feel with every fiber, every molecule, every tissue, marrow, muscle, and bone in my body. I feel. — A.J. Compton

Legacies are not just for legends. Whether a million people know your name, or only one person does, you still have the right to leave your mark on the world, even if it's only in your tiny corner of it, in the tiniest of ways.

Not all of us will achieve great heights and feats. Most of us will never leave our hometown or country, let alone conquer Everest. And you know what? That's okay.

Because real life is what happens in between moments of greatness. It's the little things that at the end of it all, you realize were greater than the sum of their parts. It's the amount of times you laughed, or cried, danced, sang, created, inspired, and made someone smile.

The best kind of legacies are the ones that are unseen. You'll never fully be able to measure the effect of a smile or a kind word, but I promise you, the most whispered phrase can send a shockwave around the world that lasts for centuries, or even an eternity. — A.J. Compton

Adequate photographers use their sight, good photographers use their senses, and great photographers use their souls. — A.J. Compton

I would lose him a thousand lifetimes over if it meant I got the chance to love him a thousand times. And have him love me back.

If only for a little while. — A.J. Compton

Bad friends try to change you, good friends accept your differences, while true friends embrace and celebrate them. Watching this circle of clowns, I know I've made the truest of friends. I'm glad I didn't settle for anything else. — A.J. Compton

And suddenly I realize that all those books and movies had gotten it wrong.

When you find your souls reflection in another, you shouldn't be aware of anything other than their body, yours, and the space between.

You shouldn't be looking for someone whose kiss causes you to escape reality by transporting you to another time and place.

Look for the person whose kiss grounds you firmly in the moment, whose arms hold you safely in the now. — A.J. Compton

I will fight death for my right to live until my last breath. — A.J. Compton

There's magic and metaphors in music superior to any other art form. An exquisite alchemy is involved in mixing pieces of your self and soul into the precisely perfect blend of harmonies, melodies, and lyrics that strike a chord. — A.J. Compton

We live and learn, change and grow. Older, but not always wiser. Stronger but not necessarily smarter. Life is a dance of steps taken forward and backwards, time spent standing still, and twirling in circles as we follow our own shadows. — A.J. Compton

We kiss with our eyes closed but our senses open, infusing the spaces between with the elements of the other. — A.J. Compton

We've gotten to that stage all soulmates reach of speaking in broken phrases and incomplete sentences, our connected and all-knowing minds filling in the blanks left by redundant words. — A.J. Compton

I'm hallucinating meaning. — A.J. Compton

Nobody sees me like you do, and without you, I'll be invisible. I exist because you see me. — A.J. Compton

Learning takes a lifetime and even the geniuses among us die ignorant. You should always want to learn, to grow, to improve. Otherwise what's the point? You may as well just give up and die. There's always new things to see, people to meet, lessons to learn. Life is both a classroom and a teacher. We'll always be the students, never the professors. — A.J. Compton

Let me be the type man who plants a field of flowers so you can be the type of woman who picks them. — A.J. Compton

Grief is always amplified in silence. — A.J. Compton

There are two types of women. The ones who wait to receive flowers and the ones who go out and pick them. — A.J. Compton

I loved him before I knew him. I missed him before I met him. We were soulmates long before we were strangers. — A.J. Compton

Love is not standing in someone's shadow, it's basking in their light. The blinding strength of your light combined pushes the darkness away. — A.J. Compton

Things can't mend without being broken. — A.J. Compton

We're once again just a boy and a girl searching and failing for words and moments that transcend the mundane. — A.J. Compton

Drowning in the majesty of the constellations is a reminder that the universe was here long before us, and it will be here long after we're gone.

When our bones become nothing but ash and earth, the world will keep on spinning.

People will die, cry, love, and live as if we never were.

But we are now. And that's all that matters.

In this moment, we are.

Nothing but a boy and a girl.

On the cusp of something greater than ourselves.

Entering into the unknown and hoping we make it out the other side.

With a strong sense of ourselves and only a faint idea of who we want to be.

We are what we are.

And we. are. now.

Young, free, alive.

Here, together, loved. — A.J. Compton

Sometimes absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. Sometimes it just makes the heart hurt. — A.J. Compton

For all the heartache, pain, and suffering. The grief and the torture. The hatred and the depravity. The abuse and the isolation. For all of the negativity and darkness this cruel world has to offer. Sometimes, just sometimes, the clouds part, the sun shines, and life reminds you why it's good to be alive. — A.J. Compton

I'm no longer on the outside looking in, but on the inside looking around. This new vantage point makes all the difference. It's amazing how a change of perspective can change a life. — A.J. Compton

A memory is never as good as a moment. — A.J. Compton

Sometimes things don't have to have a point. There's a special kind of beauty and freedom in the just because. — A.J. Compton

I try not to react, but I must fail because Gabriel turns to look at me. "The world needs both butterflies and lions. One is not better than the other. They're both beautiful and brave in their own ways."

His hand covers mine as it fiddles with the blades of grass. "Ava." I look up. "I do not wish you were a lion any more than I would have wished her to be a butterfly. — A.J. Compton

Our eyes are closed, but even without seeing, they're only for each other. — A.J. Compton

All great adventures start with an idea. — A.J. Compton