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those who are living can die, and those who are dead can be born. but if you couldn't die for them, or relive for them, how could you say you have loved? 镇魂 (zhen hun) / guardian (novel) priest
you've always been the strongest. but you don't need to be strong every waking moment of every day. 天官赐福 (tian guan ci fu) / heaven official's blessing (novel) 墨香铜臭 (mo xiang tong xiu)
when you truly want to change the world, you will discover how pitiable your own strength is. honkai impact 3rd: thus spoke apocalypse (animated short) hoyoverse
you have me. until the last star in the galaxy dies, you have me. illuminae (novel), illuminae files #1 amie kaufman
i am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. it is my turn to use. my turn to hurt. the young elites (novel) marie lu
i know history. there are many names in history / but none of them are ours. little beast (poem) richard siken
but death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years. crown of midnight (novel) sarah j. maas
what does it all come down to? love? love. you being in love (poem) e. e. cummings
no matter how hard i tried, i could not stop time. in the end... i'm still alone. honkai impact 3rd: shattered samsara (animated short) hoyoverse
i love you / as if all hearts were a mirror of mine / as if life were invented for my love / i love you the house of love (poem) adonis (tr. mirène ghossein)
but i don't want comfort. i want god, i want poetry, i want real danger, i want freedom, i want goodness. i want sin. brave new world (novel) aldous huxley
and i kissed you / and you are sitting beside me and i am happy and at peace. / in such a way do the days pass for the angels. intimate letters (musical composition) leoš janáček
"why feel guilty for something that isn't your fault?" because i loved him. and now he is gone. the rose society (novel) marie lu
and the earth withers / the moon crumbles / one by one / stars flutter into dust as the sea marvellous (poem) e. e. cummings
the die is cast. but today we will shake the table upon which it lands. obsidio (novel) amie kaufman, jay kristoff
"what do you want to kiss me for? i'm filthy." / "so am i." the book thief (novel) markus zusak
perhaps we know each other in the future and you're only remembering backward. heartless (novel) marissa meyer
the me at that time was already used to crying alone / knowing we would be separated / so don't say "I love you" 只是太在意 (ji shi tai zai yi) / just cared too much (song) 宁桓宇 (ning huanyu)
i've been searching a long time for something i think i lost. i felt like i found something when i saw you back there. champion (novel) marie lu
i love the way you light gas / underneath my feet to / keep me warm as you burn me / you're so insatiable worth my weight in gold (song) one hope
death is life lived. life is a death that comes. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
may civilization shine like meteors, may the world shine like gold honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
it was a pleasure to burn. fahrenheit 451 (novel) ray bradbury
"dear old world," she murmured, "you are very lovely, and i am glad to be alive in you." anne of green gables (novel) l.m. montgomery
apollo, the god of light, of reason, of proportion, harmony, number — apollo blinds those who press too close in worship. don't look straight at the sun. go into a dark bar for a bit and have a beer with dionysus, every now and then. the left hand of darkness (novel) ursula k. le guin
i loosen the rope of time / watching you fly away and leave me alone / i realized that you were born to fly 大鱼 (da yu) / big fish (song) 周深 (zhou shen)
what was i made for? cause i don't know how to feel. but i wanna try. what was i made for? (song) billie eilish
despite everything, it's still you undertale (video game) toby fox
"is even my identity a sham, too?" / "do you want love so much you'd resort to theft?" 月光 (gekkou) / moonlight (song) はるまきごはん (harumaki gohan), キタニタツヤ (tatsuya kitani) (tr. odakuram)
and i think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs. / a moi. l'histoire d'une de mes folies. the secret history (novel) donna tartt
for now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. this world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life. dune (novel) frank herbert
bright star, would i were stedfast as thou art— / not in lone splendour hung aloft the night bright star, would i were stedfast as thou art (poem) john keats
someone will remember us, / i say / even in another time frament 147 (poetry fragment) sappho (tr. anne carson)
you have no idea what "sacrifices are inevitable" means. the tragedy is not how many people have died, but how we've grown accustomed to the idea that people must die for others to live. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
she imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out. caraval (novel) stephanie garber
whether i can, i won't know until i've tried. even if the heavens say i must die, if that sword doesn't pierce my heart and nail me dead on the ground, then i am still alive, and 'til my last breath i will struggle to the end! 天官赐福 (tian guan ci fu) / 天官赐福 (tian guan ci fu) / heaven official's blessing (novel) 墨香铜臭 (mo xiang tong xiu)
let chaos storm! / let cloud shapes swarm! / i will wait for form. pertinax (poem) robert frost
she had her aim now, her heart had direction, and though it hurt to know the path led away from him, she could endure it. six of crows (novel) leigh bardugo
i've thought about it as i wandered around under the moon, all night long / "which finger should i hold up to my nightmares?" ザムザ (zamuza) / samsa (song) てにをは (teniwoha) (tr. hiraethie)
may we meet again on distant shores obsidio (novel) amie kaufman, jay kristoff
perhaps you won't stop for me / then just let me stand behind you 追光者 (zhui guang zhe) / the light chaser (song) 岑寧兒 (yoyo sham)
there are no answers in this world / i know that, you know / however, / i want to dream, even if it's just one こんな命がなければ (konna inochi ga nakereba) / if there is not such a life (song) 月詠み (tsukuyomi)
they're written down in eternity / but you'll never see the price it costs / the scars collected all of their lives legends never die (song) league of legends (ft. against the current)
and one day, when they’ve punished you enough, they’ll serve you salmon and potato salad. make speeches. give you a medal. pat you on the back, tell you all is forgiven. just remember, it won’t be for you. it will be for them. oppenheimer (movie) christopher nolan
the truth is what i make it. i could set this world on fire and call it rain. red queen (novel) victoria aveyard
"i also remembered that you were beautiful." / "memory does play tricks on us." / "no. your face is the same, but i don't remember what beautiful means anymore." ender's game (novel) orson scott card
how preposterous and ruthless time is; just a slight hesitation, and it will strip your life down. you will be left heartbroken, and there will be no turning back. 镇魂 (zhen hun) / guardian (novel) priest
if you want the stars, i will not give you the moon. even if it is rainy or cloudy, i will still put up a ladder to the sky to pick them for you. 杀破狼 (sha po lang) / stars of chaos: sha po lang (novel) priest
a lifetime is a long time. a really, really long time. / it was a long time, so i hope that you’ll be able to meet another person. a person who could listen to a lifetime of your honeyed words until the end. / but what a pity, that person would not be me. / for that, i’m truly sorry. 人人都爱裴即玉 (ren ren dou ai pei ji yu) / everyone loves pei jiyu (novel) 周白 (zhou bai)
turn that page for me / i cannot embrace the touch that you give / i cannot find solace in your words / i cannot deliver you your love / or caress your soul two steps from hell (song) star sky
someday, when i am nothing but dust and wind, what tale will they tell about me? the midnight star (novel) marie lu
if there's indeed a next life, i don't think i'll bother you anymore — spare myself, particularly you. / my only small wish is for someone to love me. / no, as long as someone is willing to save me. 无人救我双A (wu ren jiu wo shuang A) / no one saved me (novel) 又蓝 (youlan)
burn my body, for the sake of crowning you. 惊! 说好的选秀综艺竟然 (jing! shuo hao de xuan xiu zong yi jing ran) / surprise! the supposed talent show was actually— (novel) 晏白白 (yan baibai)
"we forgot the rivers, the skies, the cities... what do we have left?" / "a chance to take everything back." honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
even the eternal sky and earth will fade one day, but this love is everlasting 天涯客 (tian ya ke) / faraway wanderers (novel) priest
perhaps we can search for the answer to what “living” is together. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. the great gatsby (novel) f. scott fitzgerald
i am tired of myself tonight. i should like to be somebody else. the picture of dorian gray (novel) oscar wilde
i cannot make you understand. i cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. i cannot even explain it to myself. letters to milena (letters) franz kafka
love can easily turn to hatred. you were hated precisely because you were loved. fate/grand order (mobile game) type-moon, lasengle
if i am a sword, i am a sword made of glass, and i feel myself beginning to shatter. glass sword (novel) victoria aveyard
... i think that you were cuter when you were dying and quiet honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
the helplessness born from being unable to share her pain was more unbearable than being separated by space and time. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
sometimes, the sun sets earlier. days don’t last forever, you know. but i’ll fight as hard as i can. i can promise you that. champion (novel) marie lu
there is an infinite amount of hope in the universe… but not for us. (conversation) franz kafka
being strong doesn’t mean that you have to endure everything alone. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
i am the only one who can protect you. i am the only one who can save you. i am the only one who can— / let you live on. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
fear not when you are gently carried away, downstream, further from life, and closer to eternity. original writing admin k
there is this person, we met by chance, i’m just a stranger to him, he doesn't know anything about me nor is there anything about us, but i want to see him again. 镇魂 (zhen hun) / guardian (novel) priest
as long as you believe it... i will be a star watching you in the sky. torches will go out, moonlight will dim; but this eternal glow will light the path ahead of you. so, do not be afraid. because i'm always with you. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
though you’re willing to die for this world, there will eventually be someone who treasures you more than this world. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
i am rich with the mountains and rivers in the world, but none of them is of value when you think about it. just a bunch of old rocks and wild creeks. the only thing i have that is somewhat worthy is my heart. you want it? take it. 镇魂 (zhen hun) / guardian (novel) priest
“i could give you the stars if you wanted them.” / “but i don’t. i just want you.” original writing admin k
is he not sacred, even to the gods, the wandering man who comes in weariness? the iliad (epic poem) homer (tr. robert fagles)
let love guide your heart and everything else will fall into place. four dead queens (novel) astrid scholte
till this moment i never knew myself. pride and prejudice (novel) jane austen
i don’t know who i am because i have always been their god. but maybe i’m not meant to be him. maybe i’m just meant to be a lowly human who happened to live a little while than longer. original writing admin k
i should have known better than to assume you had a heart. original writing admin k
you took my life from me. and you don’t care, but i want you to know—i hate you for it. original writing admin k
in the face of my own loneliness, i cannot help but remember that time is running out. original writing admin k
memories of you are fleeting, and when i think of you, i fear one day i will forget your face. original writing admin k
please… don’t cry. this is not the end. i will find you in my next life, and the life after that, and in all my infinite lives until i find the one where our love, too, is infinite. so tell me, tell me that you will wait for me. original writing admin k
you are the most beautiful view in my heart. tears of themis (mobile game) hoyoverse
live a life worth dying for. obsidio (novel), illuminae files #3 amie kaufman, jay kristoff
i am alive as long as you hold me in your heart. for as long as the stars hang in the infinite night sky, so too will i be by your side. so too will i live. original writing admin k
once upon a time, he believed in me when no one else did. now, it’s time to return the favor. original writing admin k
you were always meant for something more. original writing admin k
i hope you never find it in you to forgive me. original writing admin k
i would trade my infinity to spend just one more minute with you. original writing admin k
you are the knife i turn within myself; that, my dear, is love. letters to milena (letters) franz kafka
you’ve done enough. leave the rest to me. original writing admin k
even a sinner can be loved. and I love you because you are a sinner, you are imperfect, and you are flawed. because of these things… you are the most beautiful soul I’ve ever seen.
I am darkness and you are light. I can only taint you.
this is the first time she understood what "wanting to live" meant in all her years of wielding a sword. before that, she was simply someone ready to die. honkai star rail (video game) hoyoverse
i'm afraid of being loved. because "i love you this way" means the same thing as "i won't love you anymore if you stop being this way," doesn't it? やがて君になる (yagate kimi ni naru) / bloom into you (manga) 仲谷鳰 (nio nakatani)
make sure you don't forget about me someday as well. tears of themis (mobile game) hoyoverse
perhaps those who have lost their hometown forever cherish their new neighbours more. honkai impact 3rd (video game) hoyoverse
if every creature was born because someone had 'read' them... you think there is an existence reading about me somewhere, too? omniscient reader's viewpoint (novel) singshong
do the stars sing? / yes. / in which language? / they sing in every language. even the ones we don't know. so quietly the earth (poem) david lee
let me bring you the warmth of a family. 汉化日记 (han hua ri ji) / god troubles me (donghua)
you are like the night, with its stillness and constellations. twenty love poems and a song of despair (poem) pablo neruda
you’ll find me, right? because this is not the end. original writing admin k
i am far from you, but i can dream of you. (letter) victor hugo
if i lose you… what does it matter if i win? 汉化日记 (han hua ri ji) / god troubles me (donghua)
look at all of us... these are all of our memories together... they're a little sad now... but we should be happy that they happened at all... let's make some new memories together, okay? omori (game) omocat
a bright moon aloft amid the vast, clear skies... moments like these are just perfect for writing poetry. genshin impact (video game) hoyoverse
there, standing in the glistening hallway, was an angel descended from the heavens. original writing admin k
i've been getting hurt more and more often by / this "something" that i no longer see as a hobby ひつじがいっぴき (hitsuji ga ippiki) / a lone sheep (song) peg
i’m sorry… i just wanted more time. original writing admin k
i would rather see her lovely step / and the motion of light on her face / than chariots of lydians or ranks / of footsoldiers in arms. the anactoria poem (poem) sappho (tr. anne carson)
if you love me, tonight, meet me on the battleground. battleground (song) mikvh
i love you. i love you. i love you. i'll write it in waves. in skies. in my heart. you'll never see, but you will know. i'll be all the poets, i'll kill them all and take each one's place in turn, and every time love's written in all the strands it will be to you. this is how you lose the time war (novel) amal el-mohtar, max gladstone
we're under the same moon and i'm sick with that knowing. elegy for the four chambers of my brother's heart (poem) steven espada dawson
what will be left after we've left / i dare not consider it / instead dance with me a moment / late in this last extinction prayer for the mutilated world (poem) sam sax
i am too pure for you or anyone. / your body / hurts me as the world hurts god. i am a lantern— fever 103° (poem) sylvia plath
perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, / while we are laughing and crying, eating ot he last sweet bite. perhaps the world ends here (poem) joy harjo
we're not destined to end at a place like this.
i'm so sick of people saying love is all a woman is fit for! i'm so sick of it! but i'm so lonely! little women (movie) greta gerwig
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Pub: 20 Jul 2023 09:13 UTC

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