Bait

by Jade West

I want to keep my dreams, even the bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long. Joseph Heller

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. Stephen King

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. William James

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. Friedrich Nietzsche

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. Norman Cousins

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Vincent Van Gogh

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson

We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive. Albert Camus

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon. Emily Dickinson

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. Peter O’Toole

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary. Edgar Allan Poe

Every man has a wild beast within him. Frederick the Great

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. George Eliot

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. Pietro Aretino

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain

Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. Matthew Arnold

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds. Helen Rowland

Insanity is knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it. Elizabeth Wurtzel

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot

To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, but life without meaning is the torture of restlessness and vague desire. It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. Edgar Lee Masters

He who hesitates is lost. Marcus Porcius Cato

I do not deal with threats and ultimatums. Yair Lapid

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore

Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon. C. Day Lewis

Great things are done when men and mountains meet. William Blake

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran

My longing for truth was a single prayer. Edith Stein

I’ve cried, and you’d think I’d be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life. Conor Oberst

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die. Marianne Williamson

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. King Solomon

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. Socrates

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away. Elvis Presley

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand