Bryndal Braithwaite Quotes & Sayings

she says, her words tinged with sorrow. I stop, go and sit on the edge of her bed. We sit, silent. "I promise, I'm right here and I won't leave you." I let her feel my presence. No one could describe Alzheimer's better than this. She's lost inside her own mind. How cruel. How fucking cruel. — Carol O'Dell

You do know, right,
that between the no-

longer & the still-
to-come

you are being continually
tattooed, inked

with the skulls of
everyone

you've ever loved - the you
& the you

& the you & the you - you don't
sit in a chair, thumb

through a binder, pick a
design, it simply

happens each time you
bring your fingers to your face

to inhale him back into you . . .
tiny skulls, some of us are

covered. You, love, could

simply tattoo an open
door, light

pouring in from somewhere
outside, you

could make your body a door
so it appears you

(let her fill you) are made
of light. — Nick Flynn

Change the world one "what-about-socialization" question at a time, my friend. — Jamerrill Stewart

What we have here is good and if you'd get over your thoughts that it isn't gonna last, you'd realise how much better it's gonna get if you'd just relax. — Kristen Ashley

Shaker Heights, Ohio is a predominately white neighborhood. It was when I moved in, and it still is. — Kym Whitley

I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that. — Gabrielle Reece

I can never remember names. I'm so self-centered and have a terrible memory ... — Jim Shaw

They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance. — Kate Bush

Elegance and beauty have been banished. — Yves Saint-Laurent

It was always women who did the choosing, and men's place was to be grateful if they were lucky enough to be the chosen ones. Joseph Anton — Salman Rushdie

Many nights, Ai-ming said, ignoring my question, her father's music pulled her from sleep. Sparrow, she slowly pieced together, had been one of Shanghai's most renowned composers. But after the Conservatory was shut down in 1966 and all five hundred of its pianos destroyed, Sparrow worked in a factory making wooden crates, then wire, and then radios, for two decades. Ai-ming heard him humming fragments of music when he thought no one was listening. Eventually she came to understand that these fragments were all that remained of his own symphonies, quartets and other musical works. The written copies had been destroyed. — Madeleine Thien

Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have. — Larry Herzberg

Limbs of a dismembered poet. — Horace

Or she could remember that sometimes pride was less important than doing what had to be done. She — Nora Roberts