Christopher Taplin Quotes

Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful too. ~ Beau Taplin

you are, always were, worth coming apart for ~ Beau Taplin

and i've learned to love loneliness because unlike you it never leaves ~ Beau Taplin

Softness is not weakness. It takes courage to stay delicate in a world this cruel. ~ Beau Taplin

I wanted to be devoured. ~ Beau Taplin

Sometimes, home has a heartbeat ~ Beau Taplin

Unstoppable not because she ... ~ Beau Taplin

People are oceans. You cannot know them by their surface. ~ Beau Taplin

You were a risk, a mistery, and the most certain thing I'd ever known. ~ Beau Taplin

the one good thing about falling apart is how we are never put back the same ~ Beau Taplin

I had learned even loneliness could leave an absence if it had lived in you long enough. ~ Beau Taplin

Be careful. There are people out there who will look at your love only as a place to put their pain. ~ Beau Taplin

If you have to lose yourself to please your partner, you're with the wrong person. ~ Beau Taplin

Our tragedy is that
we want who we can't have,
grow disinterested
in those we do,
and no matter how
painful the time
we shared with them was,
we inevitably long
for those whom we lose.

if we knew then what we know now. ~ Beau Taplin

Falling for a person isn't a process. You can't plan for it in advance, or anticipate its arrival. Love strikes in single moments. Anywhere. Anytime. Some day you catch them gardening in the sun, or singing dreadfully in the shower, and you think, Oh, I could spend all my life with you ~ Beau Taplin

The hours between 12am and 6am have a funny habit of making you feel like you're either on top of the world, or under it. ~ Beau Taplin

She was unstoppable. Not because she did not have failures or doubts, bit because she continued on despite them. ~ Beau Taplin

I'm tired of trying to fill up my empty spaces with things I don't need and people I don't like. ~ Beau Taplin

A memory
can be a
marvelous getaway
but you must
never make
a home there. ~ Beau Taplin

Kiss me until I forget how terrified I am of everything wrong with my life. ~ Beau Taplin

Don't tell me this hurts for you too. A killer cannot sue for the bruises on his knuckles or the blood on his shoes. ~ Beau Taplin

Some night i wonder if the stars watch us the same way we watch them.other nights i think of you and im sure of it ~ Beau Taplin

I never wanted a quiet, sensible sort of love. I wanted to be devoured. ~ Beau Taplin

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

Some people are magic, and others are just the illusion of it. ~ Beau Taplin

I will never ask you to fight for me. I have neither the insecurity nor the arrogance to believe that wars must be won and lost to earn or keep my love. ~ Beau Taplin

Love is neither owed nor earned. It either is or it's not. I gave you the world. But you wanted the stars. ~ Beau Taplin

Some goodbyes are not ends but releases. ~ Beau Taplin

The act of you leaving was just the full stop at the end of a terrible sentence. Fact is, I lost you long before you ever left. ~ Beau Taplin

Home is not where you are from, it is where you belong. Some of us travel the whole world to find it. Others, find it in a person. ~ Beau Taplin

I learned much too late
that what you called love
was nothing but a
desperate and irrational
fear of a life lived alone. ~ Beau Taplin

But how can you love a person who is not whole? Because you, like the moon, are not only beautiful when full. In all of your phases and fractions and ivory-white pieces, I love you. ~ Beau Taplin

I've always been enchanted by the endings of things. Series finales and sunsets. Last paragraphs and encores. I think for the way they remind me that losing something you love isn't always sad and heartbreaking, but sometimes breathtaking and beautiful. ~ Beau Taplin

She said 'never forget me'
...as if the coast could forget the ocean
...or the lung could forget the breath
...or the earth could forget the sun. ~ Beau Taplin

Maps

What I loved most about us
was the way we could lose ourselves
in each other
over and over
and still
never know the way.
You always felt like
a place I'd never been. ~ Beau Taplin

Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecrated. Your body is a forest - thick canopies of maple trees and sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over and over, no matter how badly you are devastated. ~ Beau Taplin

A relationship should not be measured in months or years. It's the calibre of the memories that matter. Their impact, their permanence, and the degree to which they change you. I've had relationships lasting years I can now scarcely recollect, and hours with others that feel like infinities. ~ Beau Taplin

I want to fall to sleep with you,
and I could care less
whether it is in
layers upon layers
of clothing
or only our skin -
all I really want is to wake up
not knowing
where I end and you begin. ~ Beau Taplin

Needing nothing gives you everything. ~ Christopher Dines

I cannot stand the words Get over it. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the past tense. Slow down. Don't allow others to hurry your healing. It is a process, one that may take years, occasionally, even a lifetime - and that's OK. ~ Beau Taplin

There are a few things in life so beautiful they hurt: swimming in the ocean while it rains, reading alone in empty libraries, the sea of stars that appear when you're miles away from the neon lights of the city, bars after 2am, walking in the wilderness, all the phases of the moon, the things we do not know about the universe, and you. ~ Beau Taplin

I think I keep telling myself
you never loved me at all
because it is far less terrifying
a prospect than the possibility
you did, you really, truly
did, but all of a sudden, and for
no particular reason,
you woke up one day and stopped. ~ Beau Taplin

I tend to be most interested in the kinds of people that don't sweeten or dilute themselves for the sake of people's tastes.Who never soften the blow for who they are.I prefer the people that i connect with to be full strength and searing hot. And able to rouse my weary,idle heart. ~ Beau Taplin

Ecstasy and bliss must come from within. ~ Christopher Dines

No, I do not want to be loved unconditionally. I want to be shown when I am treating you less than you deserve. I want you to leave if I ever start making you promises I do not see through. Love me for my flaws, yes, but don't you dare ever allow them to hurt you. ~ Beau Taplin

We all once lived in the land of giants ... literally! ~ Christopher Zzenn Loren

I think the beating in our hearts was put there to remind us that even when we are alone in the world, we march on. That even in the enormous dark and quiet, we always have someone to lean on, to embrace and turn to. That even when we have no one else, we always have ourselves. ~ Beau Taplin

A worthy prayer is a deliberate intention which has been guided by your heart. ~ Christopher Dines

The borders between different countries are, in truth, not real. They are a by-product of the ego. ~ Christopher Dines

In the night, I am kept awake by the endless chatter of my inner self. I hear it speak softly of old hurts and fondly of past loves, while its demands and anxieties resound throughout me in multitudes.
I could be calm and composed all day long, but the moment it is dark, my mind riots. ~ Beau Taplin

Don't take security in the false refuge of consensus. ~ Christopher Hitchens

Inside, I was like: Ha, suck my spiky rubber strap-on, vampyre hunter! ~ Christopher Moore

Gratitude can help you stay in the present moment. ~ Christopher Dines

The more you genuinely praise people in your consciousness, the easier it is to tune into your own inner joy. ~ Christopher Dines

The enlightened question to ask in any relationship is, what can I give rather than what can I get? ~ Christopher Dines

There must be intelligence applied with enthusiasm otherwise you are leaving yourself open to blind faith. ~ Christopher Dines

Is there an island where people are awesome to each other with Starburst and Diet Pepsi? ~ Christopher Josephs

Everyone you meet has a part to play in your story. And while some may take a chapter, others a paragraph, and most will be no more than scribbled notes in the margins, someday, you'll meet someone who will become so integral to your life, you'll put their name in the title. ~ Beau Taplin

We are essentially pure consciousness, which perceives the material universe through our own awareness. ~ Christopher Dines

The outside world is a design of our imagination. ~ Christopher Dines

You can create a harmonious attitude by simply being. ~ Christopher Dines

Originally, there were no man-made borders to divide and segregate lands on this beautiful planet. ~ Christopher Dines

By all means play the game of life, create new visions and have fun but do not identify yourself with your vision. ~ Christopher Dines

Just kick ass, chew bubble gum, and drink black coffee. ~ Christopher Josephs

Capitalism grants you no limits in how much you can grow and expand your services. ~ Christopher Dines

Which is why you chose to wear that delightful ensemble from the skank-wear collection at Hoes-n-Thangs? -Tommy ~ Christopher Moore

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay. ~ Christopher Hitchens

You can hear a song in every word if you listen closely enough. ~ Christopher M. Milo

Pain is pain. It needs no description. ~ Christopher Paolini

The most fascinating revelation is that humanity can tune into a consistently higher frequency through the power of peace and inner stillness. ~ Christopher Dines

Inner rage is a phenomenally dense frequency that lies dormant in the vast majority of the human species. ~ Christopher Dines

You must learn to circulate success and have it working for you. ~ Christopher Dines

Actually, orcas aren't quite as complex as scientists imagine. Most killer whales are just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car. ~ Christopher Moore

Leave the thought, it will surface when it's ready ~ Christopher Fowler

In 'Drug Addiction Recovery' Christopher Dines elegantly teaches us a process for healing from paralysing grief, addiction and emotional wounds using a mindfulness-based approach. ~ Christopher Dines

Yo, yo, yo, check it out, said PJ, with enough hand gestures that any deaf person watching would have thought he had ASL Tourette's syndrome ~ Christopher Moore

When you are living in the present moment, you will experience a deep sense of inner joy, peace and awareness. ~ Christopher Dines

Mindfulness does not erase negative memories; it 'transcends' them giving us back our deepest power which resides in our hearts. ~ Christopher Dines

Let go of fighting your habits. Simply be present and observe their patterns. This will help you to break free until the negative patterns eventually subside. ~ Christopher Dines

One question always leads to another question. Some things are better to wonder about. ~ Christopher Pike

How much modern civilization has lost, I think, when they lost the awareness of the billions of stars overhead. ~ Christopher Pike

And he was like "The sedative in the blood, blah, blah, four hours, blah, blah, nerdspeak, geektalk -" -Abby ~ Christopher Moore

Christopher- can I call you Christopher?' 'No,' said Kit. 'Christopher, family for me was never blood. It was always the family I chose. ~ Cassandra Clare

Compassion is a beautiful grace that releases hate and fearful emotions. Through the power of compassion, when put in delicate circumstances with dysfunctional human beings, rather than loathing their behaviour, you can be compassionate to their internal suffering and love them unconditionally. ~ Christopher Dines

Christopher Carrion is me. Christopher Carrion is a man who has had love in his life and that love has not always been good with him. Christopher Carrion is a man who has nightmares but eats them. Christopher Carrion is a man who is very lonely a lot of the time. Christopher Carrion is a man who people look at very strangely sometimes and they are very quiet around him ... Christopher Carrion is intimidating, Christopher Carrion is frightening, but, as you very well know, behind closed doors, Christopher Carrion is sad and alone and Christopher Carrion wants very much to be redeemed, he just doesn't know how to be redeemed. ~ Clive Barker

The process of creating your dream ought to be playful, mixing and channelling your inspirational thoughts and intuitive feelings into manifesting your dream. ~ Christopher Dines

My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice. ~ Warren Christopher

So, have you seen Flood?" she asked. "Cop?" She added "cop" with a high pop on the p, like it was a punctuation mark, not a profession ~ Christopher Moore

She glanced over her shoulder to look at the forty-foot cabin cruiser where Captain Tarwater posed on the bow looking like an advertisement for a particularly rigid laundry detergent - Bumstick Go-Be-Bright, perhaps ~ Christopher Moore

Relatively speaking, the mind controls the body but who or what controls the mind? ~ Christopher Dines

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ~ Christopher Reeve

The more positive action you take grounded in presence (stillness), the more effective you will become in your line of duty, work or social life. ~ Christopher Dines

The truth is that unless you feel worthy of your highest vision then you cannot possibly experience it. You must become aware that you are worthy. ~ Christopher Dines

Does love survive? Yes, I thought, somewhere in some place it is saved and made sacred. ~ Christopher Pike

Christopher Hitchens is the greatest living essayist in the English language. ~ Christopher Buckley

Pure consciousness expresses itself in millions of different forms but the root of consciousness is what we call Being, The Light, Universal Life, Spirit, I Am or God. ~ Christopher Dines

Nothing proves evolution more than the survival of the religious belief. It shows we are still fearful, partially formed animals with a terror of death and the dark ~ Christopher Hitchens

Try and live in the present moment. Create appointments with yourself to specifically work on your mental picture. Then fall back into the present moment. ~ Christopher Dines

Love is like a reptile, you cut off its tail and it grows another one. Kiss Me Judas ~ Will Christopher Baer

Minty now held his arms out to his sides, angry Jesus style, suffer all the bitch-ass motherf*ckers need an ass-whoopin' unto me, for I shall rain wrath down upon them -- that look. ~ Christopher Moore