44 Quotes by Mayumi Cruz

Stop running and start feeling.

Once, I told you, ‘never settle unless it’s forever.’ I was wrong, Alex. Not about never settling. No, never about that. We must never settle for less than what we’re worth.” Tears generously fell down Marjorie’s cheeks. “I was wrong about the forever part. Because it takes two to forever, Alex. You can’t have forever without taking risks, making choices, and working on them—together—for a lifetime. You only have a lifetime to write your own story. Make every second last.

Life is meant to be cherished, and lived, and risked. You’re scared of the past and all its mistakes. You’re afraid of the future and all its unpredictabilities. I understand that. But you have to learn to take courage. You have to let go and forgive. You have to trust and hope for a happy future.

I’m not saying that trusting and hoping will be enough. You have to work together, Alex. Together, you and him. Work on the present, the here and now, despite the odds. Say the words that needed to be said, do the things that had to be done. But only if you’re both completely, totally sure. You both have to be all in.

Never settle…unless it’s forever.

Oblivion is bliss. It makes one feel at peace.But not quite.Not quite.My brain is at peace.But my heart isn't.It longs for its other half.The half that comprises the whole.The half that matches its beat.The half that makes it throb.The half that makes it strong to overcome anything.Even oblivion.

Ah. Yes. The heart felt at hearth. But you see, sometimes, danger also lurks inside the home.

All I heard was the sound of my own heart.Beating, but not breathing.Alive, but not living.Whole, but fatally broken.

He expected me to die that night. I didn’t.I will not die now.