Art & Soul Quotes

“Love openly,” my heart whispered. “Love unconditionally,” my heart begged. “Love the struggles,” my heart taught. “Love in the moment.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“That’s the thing about the future, and the past even. They don’t exist in this moment. We only have the here and now. If we focus too much on the past or too heavily on the future, we miss out on our present desires, the things we want right now.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Sometimes it was so easy to forget that adults were just kids in bigger bodies, and their hearts broke just like ours.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Maybe it wasn’t about fixing the broken hearts. Maybe it was about loving the broken pieces the way they were.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Maybe it’s okay to no longer be the person we thought we were meant to be. Maybe it’s okay to just be who we are now and accept that.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“One truth stings far less than a thousand lies.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“A person who never truly lost themselves could never truly find themselves, either.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Being around him felt like being around someone who saw your scars and called them beautiful when you only saw your past mistakes.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“That’s the thing about lives. We’re all so tangled up with one another, but at the same time, we’re very much alone.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Me: Art – noun | [\ˈärt\] : The quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. Aria: I like that. Me: I think you’re art.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Art was everything right and wrong in the world. It understood what words couldn’t say.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“He gave me a half smile. I gave him the other half.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“There were over six hundred thousand words in the Oxford Dictionary. That meant there were six hundred thousand definitions of different words with a million and one meanings. Some words were silly while others were heartbreaking. Some words were happy while others were angry. So many different letters came together in different ways to form those different words, those unique meanings. So many words, but at the end of the day there was only one word that stood out among the rest. One word that somehow meant both heaven and hell, the sunny days and the rainy days, the good, the bad, and the ugly. It was the one word that made sense when everything else around you was messy, painful, and unapologetic. Love. With a smile, I wrapped my pinkie around his and said, “I love you.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“The world was often ugly and painful, filled with hate, sadness, and despair. But Aria? She made sense in a senseless world. She was the rainbow to my everlasting thunderstorms.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“We grew tired together, creating our own kind of art. We became the masterpieces of the loneliest souls. The colors in both of our eyes bled out, knowing that sometimes the most beautiful pieces of art were created from the darkest of souls.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“There was something so scary and heartbreaking about watching your lifetime Superwoman fall apart in front of you.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“As parents we make choices. We make the hard choices that we never want to. We give things up when it’s the hardest thing in the world. We allow our kids to hate us if it means they’ll have a better life. We sacrifice every single day.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“She was the only one who could call me a dork and make me feel like Superman at the same time.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Whoever made you doubt how amazing you are, whoever broke your heart…I’m going to hate them for a long time.”
“It’s okay.”
“How is that okay?”
“Because I found someone who’s kind of putting it back together again.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“My eyes welled up with tears because he was seeing me, even when all I wanted to be was invisible.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“It’s weird the way you can walk by people every single day of your life and never truly know their story.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“He looked like a whisper sounds. Sweet, gentle, and romantic. It was making me dizzy.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Some people were just born to stand out, Aria. Just deal with it and keep dancing.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“It was something ugly and beautiful all at once, wasn’t it? How your heart didn’t give a damn what your head wanted.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Mom used to tell me that happiness didn't last, so a person should hold onto it as long as possible, without questions, without regrets.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Was Levi Myers real? Did he really exist? Or did my sad, black heart create him because it longed for a little bit of color?”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Because you get it, you know? You get that the colors and the lines and the curves aren’t trying to be like everything else in the world. You understand that the abstract art is standing out against the norm because it’s the only way abstract art knows how to stand. And you get so fucking happy because it’s so beautiful. And unique. And edgy. And…abstract.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“I don't know if you're in my range, but I'd sure like to take you back to my domain.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“Sometimes the most beautiful pieces of art were created from the darkest of souls.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul

“That was the thing about memories - they weren't always exactly true.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Art & Soul