Soft in the Middle Quotes

“you are a bouquet crafted by artisans you are a garden inspired by Eden not one leaf is set by way of accident not one petal curves by way of chance”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“there's so much to learn from the sky-
how to shine like the stars
and how to hold happiness like the sun”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I keep
inside me
an inventory of things
that I regret I've shared
and who I've shared them with
it's not that they weren't worthy
it's that I don't know how to give myself up
so easily”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I worry that you think my silence means I don’t need you I worry you’ll never know how untrue that is”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I think that touching you might be like touching a painting a little forbidden unquestionably satisfying”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“the stardust on my fingertips is proof that I’ve been reaching for something better it means, one day, I’ll hold the stars whole”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I want to share this life with someone whose dreams are crowded canvases
waiting to step into the world and paint it lustrously new
aiming to wash away the loudness, the loneliness”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“read the books on your shelf with your mind wide open
read the palms of your hands knowing, under this skin, lies your soul
read the gestures of your friends with faithful remembrance
read the stars in the sky
they've been telling us who we are since before we were born
read the world around you and you'll find there is
nothing
you can't learn”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“the people you're almost certain
are too good for you to have deserved
are the ones you have to fight the hardest
to keep
you need them
if only to teach yourself
that you deserve the very best”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I think people are like stories
and when they write you into their lives
that's something to be thankful for
even if it's just for a chapter
I'm so glad to have pages with your smile on them”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“words
have always buried themselves in me so deep
like knives
I have always twisted them
making beautiful things ugly
changing hello to goodbye
creating wounds our of nothing”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“it is ok to find comfort in a girl's hands
in the shape of her lips
in the thought of her hips
in the softness of her sweaters
in the sweetness of her letters
girls hold on much love inside them
infinite and curiously undiscovered
like the universe and the seas
I would trade nothing
for knowing the boundless strength
feeling the glowing tenderness
of a girl's love”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I found peace between trees
in slivers of sunlight
in places where the air needed me to breathe
not the other way around”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I hate feeling like I need to fling myself off of cliffs
just to see if anyone will follow”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“my mother used to tell me
that it hurts to be beautiful
I was sold the belief that beauty came packaged in thorns
and don't be surprised if your hands come away
bloody
smear it on your lips
and smile”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I'm just trying to figure out how to remain soft
in a world that only knows how to be hard”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I'm sure the flowers take no pleasure in dying on the wind
but their loss is necessary for new growth to occur”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“when you cut me, does it not feel like you are cutting yourself?
or is it just me that feels everyone else's pain like it's my own?
like I deserve to be torn down
buried in the ground at my feet
simply because I care too much
and feel it all”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“do you hate that I like you?
does it hurt that I love you?
would it be best if I thought nothing of you?
my brain just loves to turn diamonds back to coal”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“no one will ever love me
perhaps someone is capable
but surely I'll stop them
before they ever get too close
making my own misery is what I do best”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“The stars will always be there, but you should move forward.”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“when my mother says, "I think you've lost weight"
I don't let it feel like a compliment
anymore
because no matter what I lose
I'll never lose enough
and if I lose enough
I'll have lost everything”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“don't be scared when the full weight of my heart
tests the strength of your hands”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“my fingertips have created a language only the insides of my thighs respond to”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I watch people change while I painstakingly stay the same”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“It doesn't matter if it's about how good love feels, how painful it is when it ends, how destructive it is when it breaks, how gentle it is when it's with you.”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“fat girls teach themselves all the names of the bones thin girls
wear
on the outside of their bodies

some would do anything to wear their insides on their outsides
if it made them a little easier on the eyes”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“fat girls teach themselves all the names of the bones thin girls
wear
on the outside of their bodies”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“I think our mouth got tired of keeping all our words in
I think our head got sick of pretending I'm not the one calling the shots
I think caring too much made us mince the affection we show to others
and I think telling people their worth is immeasurable
is one hell of a way
to feel alive”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle

“the hardest thing I've ever had to do?
I haven't done it yet
I haven't quit you”
― Shelby Eileen, Soft in the Middle