You Are Here Quotes

“Every beginning
has an ending
Don’t let the goodbye
scare you from starting
what could be
the best
story of your life”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“the tale of the girl

They told the young girl,
“Be hasty, be wise.
Choose a man who’d give you
your best life.”
The young girl grew
into a woman
so now they tell her:
“Be careful, be smart.
You can’t afford to refuse
another heart.”
When did the story change?
Why do we flip the script when women age?”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Happy, he was my image of it, bright sunflowers in a field of green.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“One of life’s simplest pleasures is witnessing someone smile at you
for the first time.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I imagine to love you the way I love my passions. I would examine your details and study you for hours.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Someone who could sit with me in silence without being afraid of what it all means.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I eat alone in a room filled with groups of people talking and laughing loudly. I hog a table and shut these people out with my earphones and submerge myself into the world of fiction.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I am somewhere between assuming someone out there is meant for me and preparing myself for the possibility: this person doesn't exist.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“And to you who thought I have changed: the truth is, I didn't. I just learned how to speak instead of remaining silent. To not be afraid of expressing my thoughts when I used to be shamed for it. And most of all, I learned how to treat myself better, enough to expect others to meet me at that level.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I wish we were raised to be kind, not cruel. Then we would be carefree, not careful.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I wish they didn't require us to acquire thick skin. I wish they told us to grow tender hearts instead, to let our tongues soften.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“You don't feel safe in yourself anymore.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“You're a mess; but no one needs to know it. You're a mess, until the start of the week.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“The thing is - you can end your life, but lives will carry on: babies will be born, flowers will still bloom, books will be written, song will be sung, the earth will complete its evolution. You're the one missing out, not them.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I was a substitute: someone you talked to while you got over someone you met before we did. I was the transition, how to pass time as you moved from Point A to Point B.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I wish you witnessed the stars in my eyes, the rhyme in my voice, my heart on my sleeve. I rarely wore it, but with you, I did. Shame you never saw it; shame you never will again.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“My heart had cracks, it couldn't contain it all. Your love went past me and found a better home.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I just wanted to feel a pulse to dance along to, some skin to touch, a warmth to embody...”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I haven't met you. But I already felt like I was losing you.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“It was then that I learned to like my own company.

It is through this—the simple act of eating alone—that I am learning how to be my own.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“You’re too picky, it said.
Maybe it’s true but
when you’ve been loved well,
would you ever settle for anything less?”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“She could take care of herself, doesn’t mean she didn’t need someone else to do it.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Nothing’s scarier than not knowing
what midnight brings
you pray to the gods
even if it sounds like wishful thinking
You scare yourself more than
anything,
anyone.
You’re the darkness,
desperately seeking moonlight.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Sometimes she feels
sometimes she wished she didn’t.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“I picked that shirt that you were wearing
in this photo that you were showing.
Your eyes were blue and smiling,
next to this girl that you were dating.
It made me smile that a part of me was there
even when you obviously didn’t care.
It was my own version of scribbling, I was here.
Even if it was just with who you once were”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“And I never knew how to keep people. I could never just hold on. Part of me always wants to go, to wander, to roam. But then—you were slipping away first.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Nothing’s changed.
You still watch the same shows
listen to the same songs
wear the same clothes.
You just lost me, that’s all.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Your love is a vast ocean
with depths of still unknown.
I was accustomed to silent rivers,
lovers who simply tread along.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Seasons
You've already started
to water yourself with goodness
expected your buds to bloom
only to prune them before they had the chance,
and denied yourself sunlight.
You have so many seasons to see,
don't let this winter stay longer than it has to be.
Look forward to your spring,
of sunflowers and sunshine.
Dance in the summer and slow down in the fall,
ride through the winter without cutting ties or issuing last calls.
Some nights will be colder but you will survive,
you always did as long as you tried.
Let yourself go through all of this, without guilt or shame. Of course, you can love again. One day you'll be brave again to want something like this and when that day comes, you'll be better equipped with the belief:
you deserve all the love,
you deserve all the happiness. This is how it starts,
how it bends,
how it goes.
May you welcome it.”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here

“Why is it hard to tell people that you hurt
if you can't point to a wound?
Or even a bruise,
a broken bone?
Why do we question the hurt,
even when we feel like bleeding,
especially when we feel broken?”
― Dawn Lanuza, You Are Here