Lovely Words: Slaves of the Ordinary

Today's quote hits all the right spots in all the right places for how I've been feeling lately... I'll be carrying this one around with me for awhile. I hope you will too...

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."

-Cecil Beaton, Photographer

(Image: Marilyn Monroe photographed by Cecil Beaton)

XO Enjoy,

-A

Lovely Words #1: The Future is the Past

I have always been incredibly inspired by writing, and have kept a 'quote' journal for many years. So I've decided to start posting some daily inspiration from my journals; some beautifully written phrases, and pieces of sweet love I've found along the way.

So here it goes....

"Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time? My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

(Image: antonmuller.de)

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Dear Love

Dear Love,
I find you in my mind
In my morning
My night
My dreams
My strolls
Through the park.
You’re everywhere I go
Even when
You’re standing
At someone else’s
Door.

Dear Love,
You’ve torn out my heart
And left it
Yet I still come back
For more
You’ve shackled it
To the floor
And kept it
And that’s okay
Because I’m yours
Forevermore.

Dear Love,
There’s no going back
To the start
Our ‘new leaves’
Have fallen
Oh so far.
Winter is coming
It’ll be too cold
Out here
For a lonely heart.
I am destined to freeze
I am falling apart.

So dear Love,
Remember me
As your heart
And soul.
Remember me
As your love
That never grew old.
Remember me
When I am not around
Because maybe
I will mean more then
Than I have now.