Beau Taplin's Blog, page 35

"I am awfully sentimental. Of books, belongings, people, places. It matters very little how positive..."

“I am awfully sentimental. Of books, belongings, people, places. It matters very little how positive or negative the experience was. If it shared some meaningful time in my life, I'll have trouble letting go.”

- Beau Taplin • S e n t i m e n t a l

"Draw your power where you can. Whether it comes from a place of self-confidence, a broken heart, or..."

“Draw your power where you can. Whether it comes from a place of self-confidence, a broken heart, or even a burning need to prove your critics wrong. It won’t matter what drove you to conquer the mountain when you are standing in triumph on the roof of the world.”

- Beau Taplin • D r a w  Y o u r  P o w e r 

"The worst of it is that you were never truly a part of me, yet all the same I feel empty. That..."

“The worst of it is that you were never truly a part of me, yet all the same I feel empty. That I must suffer through the loss of you without the memory of you ever being mine.”

- Beau Taplin • A l m o s t

"Then suddenly, I saw you. Your eyes as full and bright as a motel vacancy sign, calling me in off..."

“Then suddenly, I saw you. Your eyes as full and bright as a motel vacancy sign, calling me in off the dark, empty road.”

- Beau Taplin • V a c a n c y  S i g n s 

"The way I love you is relentless. It breaks my concentration when I am busy and drifts my mind away..."

“The way I love you is relentless. It breaks my concentration when I am busy and drifts my mind away to thoughts of you when I am in the middle of conversations. Like a desperate needy child it pokes and prods tirelessly for my attention. And in the end, it always gets it.”

- Beau Taplin • R e l e n t l e s s  

"You and I have always been polar opposites. When you are west, I am east. When I am south, you are..."

“You and I have always been polar opposites. When you are west, I am east. When I am south, you are north. But though the differences between us could span the earth, when we embrace - when we meet at the equator line - together, we create a world.”

- Beau Taplin • P o l a r  O p p o s i t e s

"Unfortunately, you cannot always rely on the word of others. You can have trust and faith, but..."

“Unfortunately, you cannot always rely on the word of others. You can have trust and faith, but ultimately, you have got to wait on people to prove their decency and sincerity through their actions. The promises of others are no more a certainty than a cloud is a guarantee of thunder.”

- Beau Taplin • Y o u  H a v e  M y  W o r d  

"I have an illogical tendency to only desire the things that are difficult. It does not matter how..."

“I have an illogical tendency to only desire the things that are difficult. It does not matter how kind or committed a person might be, if they come easily, I’ll quickly grow disinterested. But threaten my heart, safety or sanity, and I’m all yours.”

- Beau Taplin • T h e  D e s i r e

"On the difficult days, when the world’s on your shoulders,remember that diamonds ..."

“On the difficult days,

    when the world’s

    on your shoulders,



remember that diamonds

    are made

    under the weight

    of mountains.”

- Beau Taplin • D i a m o n d s

"It’s strange how your childhood sort of feels like forever, then suddenly you’re sixteen and the..."

“It’s strange how your childhood sort of feels like forever, then suddenly you’re sixteen and the world becomes an hourglass and you’re watching the sand pile up at the wrong end. And you’re thinking of how when you were just a kid, your heartbeat was like a kick drum at a rock show, and now it’s just a time bomb ticking out. And it’s sad. And you want to forget about dying, but mostly, you just want to forget about saying goodbye.”

- Beau Taplin • H o u r g l a s s