Elise Icten Quotes

#1. The sky was grey, the colour of predictability like a bland dish with no salt.

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#2. The cage of circumstances suddenly did not feel so confined. It felt less lonely knowing we both have had our wings clipped.

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#3. Days rotted away, disintegrating as each hour ticked by.

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#4. Grief colours you like a beautiful sunset colours the sky.

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#5. I thought I knew what love meant to me
About decency, care and honesty
It is my lesson, you see
That true love doesn't only feel good physically

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#6. Let love decide.

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#7. Networking events often resembled a pandemonium of self-indulgence with the pleasures of flesh on display.

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#8. Each one of us is lit
If only one could see
That not one way is right
We are all part of the same light

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#9. He continued to look into my eyes, a lot was being said but not in words.

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#10. I decorated this man like decorating a Christmas tree. His voice spoke jingles of love and his eyes shone like fake lights every time we made love.

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#11. I lowered my towel and saw that though my body was still firm, the glow of youth was about to fade. The sparkle in my eyes had all but deadened.

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#12. Give love as love wants to be given and you will see love's many returns.

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#13. The function of time was to take everything away. The only thing time could not interfere with was the indelible mark I indented in it. Like blowing a hole into nothingness, a depth only felt by me.

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#14. Whenever you linger in the past, you invite loneliness in.

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