Lang Leav Quotes

Souls do not have calendars or clocks, nor do they understand the notion of time or distance. They only know it feels right to be with one another. ~ Lang Leav

Woman's Anthem
Women are fierce. They are powerful. No matter what language they speak, how they dress, or the work they choose to do. What matters is they have a choice, and the freedom to carve out a life for themselves.
As long as we know women who are strong and resilient, we must respect them, carry them forward, lift them up.
For they are the product of all our other selves, the women we were, the ones we strive to be, the collective struggle of our mothers, our sisters, our daughters.
Our salvation will only come if we stand together ~ Lang Leav

The scatterbrain,
is a little like,
the patter of rain.
Neither here,
nor there,
but everywhere. ~ Lang Leav

Let her be herself. Or she will be somebody else's. ~ Lang Leav

Here are the words that have brought me to a new understanding. Here are the words that will bind us forever. From this day forward, I will speak your name with gratitude, knowing it is the mantra of my soul. I will let you go, knowing we are eternal. We were born to walk this world in intersecting lines. We are circles and signposts and parallels. I have left markers for you at every turn. Look for me in everything that catches your breath. Let the simple miracle of your own presence overwhelm you. For you are beautiful, in ways that can't be described. And we are love at its most inexplicable. With these words, I am one with divinity. With these words, I am one with you. ~ Lang Leav

That was the moment you should have told her what your heart was telling you. If you had allowed it, she could have been your whole world. All you had to do was open the door. All you had to say was, come in. ~ Lang Leav

More or Less

When love is seen
from two points of view,
what we were
I can only guess.

I am certain it was love
with you -
but to love,
you did not confess.

So was it I -
Who made it more?
Or was it you -
Who made it less? ~ Lang Leav

It was a kind love, a selfless love. I was an explorer and you were a traveller. We met at crossroads. I saw love in your smile and I recognized in for the first time in my life. But you had a plane to catch and I'm already home. ~ Lang Leav

Lost and Found
A sunken chest,
on the ocean ground,
to never be found
was where he found me.
There he stirred,
my every thought,
my every word,
so gently, so profoundly.
Now I am kept,
from dreams I dreamt,
when once I slept,
so soundly. ~ Lang Leav

When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch. For ~ Lang Leav

In Two Parts You come and go so easily, your life is as you knew - while mine is split in two. How I envy so the half of me, who lived before love's due, who was yet to know of you. ~ Lang Leav

When words run dry,
he does not try,
nor do I.
We are on par.
He just is,
I just am
and we just are ~ Lang Leav

Your Right to Love
It is your right to define love on your own terms. Love between two consenting adults is never wrong, no matter how much anyone tries to convince you it is.
Be with the person who makes you happy. Who makes your heart sing.
It is your right to endlessly curate your life ~ Lang Leav

I think there is a sense of ownership in knowing, isn't there? You let people in, and they claim parts of you - they fly their flag over uncharted territory and from then onward - you cease to belong wholly to yourself. ~ Lang Leav

His Kiss:
He has me at his every whim;
everything starts with him.
To all the boys I used to kiss
everything stops with his. ~ Lang Leav

There is safety in numbness–
there is solace
in sleep. ~ Lang Leav

It was a quiet love, a tacit love. It came without prelude or preamble. We never said the word love–we didn't have to. It was in our laughter, in the sense of wonder we found in each other. And if we had doubts then, time has told us otherwise. ~ Lang Leav

We may be just two different clocks, that do not tock in unison. ~ Lang Leav

One day you will be nostalgic for today. ~ Lang Leav

Until It's Gone

"Some people don't know what they have until it's gone."

"But what about the ones who do know? The ones who never took a damn thing for granted? Who tried their hardest to hold on, yet could only look on helplessly while they lost the thing they loved the most."

"Isn't it so much worse for them? ~ Lang Leav

I have buried myself so deep in my words that sometimes I can't tell if I am the person writing or the one hiding between the lines ~ Lang Leav

I loved you more than love allowed ~ Lang Leav

A bird who hurt her wing,
now forgotten how to fly.
A song she used to sing,
but can't remember why.
A breath she caught and kept -
that left her in a sigh.
It hurts her so to love you,
but she won't say goodbye. ~ Lang Leav

Too Young

(Written at twelve years of age)

Too young for love
Too young to know
How far a touch
A kiss can go

Too old for comfort
Or childhood charms
Too old to be held
In my mother's arms

The world is hard
When you're in between
Your future world
And childhood dreams ~ Lang Leav

A marker drawn to show our end, is etched into its line.
The briefest moment shared with you - the longest on my mind. ~ Lang Leav

Take Back Your Power

Greet the world with no expectation.
Love as though you have never been hurt or betrayed.
Let go of the ones who take so much from you
yet offer nothing in return.

This is how you take back your power. ~ Lang Leav

The Fear of Losing You Without meaning to, he's disarmed me, with kisses that soothe and alarm me. In arms that terrify and calm me. ~ Lang Leav

We spoke on the phone for the first time that morning. My back against the chest of drawers, my knees tucked under my chin.
"What are you doing?" You ask.
"Staring at my socks," I reply, "I wore them inside out."
"You dork."
At some point in the following months, our conversation turns.
"I'm going to kiss you really slow, while fucking you really fast. ~ Lang Leav

I drew him in my world;
I write him in my lines,
I want to be his girl,
he was never meant as mine.
I drew him in my world;
He is always on my mind;
I draw his every line.
It hurts when he's unkind.
I drew him in my world;
I draw him all the time,
but I don't know where to draw the line. ~ Lang Leav

The less you speak, the more weight your words will carry when you do. ~ Lang Leav

Ana was the original sad girl. She held the unofficial title long before her death. We all became sad girls after that. At her funeral, everyone wore black because it was customary and because it was the color that best defined Ana. ~ Lang Leav

The feeling is like the ocean. Sometimes calm and still; other times, it's a hurricane. ~ Lang Leav

If you have to be with someone at all, then be with someone who makes you feel like you are still in control. ~ Lang Leav

The ache will always be there, but the intensity will fade, and you'll find other beautiful things to fill your days with. ~ Lang Leav

That's the thing about writers -on one hand evrything is sacred to them, but, on the other, nothing really is. ~ Lang Leav

It was words that I fell for. In the end, it was words that broke my heart. ~ Lang Leav

I was coming to the end of a difficult period in my life, though when the end isn't in plain sight, you don't realize how close you are. ~ Lang Leav

The Saddest Thing
There was someone I knew, a long time ago. I was so in love with him I couldn't see straight. The saddest thing is, he felt the same way about me.

It was easy in the beginning. All we had to do was laugh at the same things and love took care of the rest. I had never felt so connected to another person.

He would always say it felt as though I was made for him. How glad he was to have met me. We were so sure of what we felt. We should have held tight, onto that certainty.

There is never one particular reason why two people are pulled apart. All these years later, I have stopped looking for answers. I know better now, that love is never a guarantee. Not when you have the rest of the world to contend with.

Sometimes you have to step back and look at these things from a philosophical standpoint. And I know loving him has taught me something about myself, it has broadened my understanding of the world. And if it has done the same for him, then it wasn't all in vain. ~ Lang Leav

There are many words you never said,
that others dreamed you someday would;
each of us for all our days -
will live our lives misunderstood. ~ Lang Leav

Here's the story of my life. Hoping they would care about me or wishing they wouldn't care so much ~ Lang Leav

Love is a game
of tic-tac-toe,
constantly waiting
for the next x or o. ~ Lang Leav

The greatest injustice I have suffered has come under the pretense of love. ~ Lang Leav

When someone stirs a world of emotion in you and it's so intense you can barely stand to be with him. ~ Lang Leav

The Friendship Bond

There is that one friend whom you no longer speak to, who
is no longer part of your life. If you saw them across the
street, you would turn your head away and they would do
the same.
But if they ever called you in the middle of the night, you
would be there for them, sure as the sun. And you know that
if you were the one to make that call, no matter how much
time has passed or how distant you've become, they would
be there for you. ~ Lang Leav

Thoughts of You
There were times when I was with him and it was too much. Does that make sense? When someone stirs a world of emotion in you and it's so intense you can barely stand to be with him.
During those moments, I wanted so desperately to leave - to go home, walk into my bedroom, and shut the door behind me. Crawl into bed and lay there in the dark, tracing the outline of my lips with my fingers - replaying everything he said, everything we did. I wanted to be left alone - with nothing other than my thought of him. ~ Lang Leav

For Yours

You were the one who taught her strength and humility in equal parts. You were the one who lifted her up, brought her down to her knees. And now here she is, the girl who has never had to ask for anyone's love, asking for yours.s ~ Lang Leav

There's a particular kind of suffering to be experienced when you love something greater than yourself. A tender sacrifice. ~ Lang Leav

That's the thing about happiness. It doesn't require justification. ~ Lang Leav

When every dream
has turned to dust,
and your highest hopes
no longer soar.
When places you
once yearned to see,
grow further away
on distant shores.
When every night
you close your eyes,
and long inside
for something more.
Remember this
and only this,
if nothing else
you can recall
There was a life
a girl once led,
where you were loved
the most of all. ~ Lang Leav

Describing a panic attack to someone who has never experienced one is impossible. However, to one who has, no explanation is needed. You just have to say the word "anxiety" and their eyes would light up with a knowing look. ~ Lang Leav, Sad Girls

I'm the one having to pander to you. I'm sick of being the one doing all the chasing. I'm not asking you to make me a priority - I know you've got a lot going on. But at least meet me halfway. ~ Lang Leav

But it was now time for her to go away - to find someone who could show her what happiness was. ~ Lang Leav

But it's perplexingly sweet,
and quite sexy too
to be ignored,
ignored by you. ~ Lang Leav

And if nothing ever comes of it, at least I have known the feeling, this wonderful sense of optimism. It is something I can always keep close to me--to draw from in my darkest hour like a ray of unspent sunshine. No matter what happens next, I will always be glad to know there is someone like you in this world. ~ Lang Leav

It was like being seen after a perpetual darkness, I replied. To be heard after a lifetime of silence. ~ Lang Leav

Everyone has one - an inventory of lost things waiting to be found. Yearning to be acknowledged for the worth they once held in your life. ~ Lang Leav

I want you to remember my lips beneath your fingers and how you told me things you never told another soul. I want you to know that I have kept sacred, everything you had entrusted in me and I always will. ~ Lang Leav

Choose Love

My mother once said to me there are two kinds of men you'll meet. The first will give you the life you want and the second will give you the love you desire. If you're one of the lucky few, you will find both in the one person. But if you ever find yourself having to choose between the two, then always choose love. ~ Lang Leav

What You Wish For
Change is the anthem of this year. For better. For worse. I am bracing myself for the crash, steeling myself for the fall. I am swimming in a sky-blue sea where I can't tell which way is up.
You know, I used to be a love letter, folding endlessly into myself. For your eyes only. Now I am torn into a thousand pieces, my soul a burst of confetti raining words onto the world.
Something tells me it's been a long time coming. Someone whispers, Be careful what you wish for. Because the heart can't retract what it once wanted. Didn't you know it is the universal law?
Now go back to the years you waited. All that time you spent yearning. Be careful what you wish for. It never comes the way you think. ~ Lang Leav

You said I was the girl who couldn't decide
between the ocean and the shore.
Said the only way to make me fall in love
with the present was to turn it into my past. ~ Lang Leav

Loving You
I saw him the other day. His arms around another girl, his eyes when met with mine - were low in their recognition.
I wonder if he remembers what I once told him.
I will love you forever.
He had smiled at me sadly before giving his reply.
But I am so afraid you may one day stop.
Now all these years later, I am the one who is afraid. Because I love him, I still do. I haven't stopped, I don't think I can. I don't think I ever will. ~ Lang Leav

I know love because I am in love. Because of how long I've loved. Because of the man I love.

Love used to be a beautiful mirage, a moonbeam on the water I tried to cup in my hands. Now it is a grand oak tre, tried and tested, roots driving deep down into the earth. I have a love that takes me across oceans. A love that tells me I am home, no matter where I am in the world. ~ Lang Leav

Whatever path you choose will take you to the same destination. The only thing that should guide you is your intuition. ~ Lang Leav

You were the one, I wanted most to stay.
But time could not be kept at bay.
The more it goes, the more it's gone, the more it takes away. ~ Lang Leav

I don't know how you are so familiar to me - or why it feels less like I am getting to know you and more as though I am remembering who you are. ~ Lang Leav

It was beautifully worded and painfully read; the things that were written, were those never said ~ Lang Leav

I wish the love
I have come to meet,
was not an inch
within my reach.

I wish the prize
was so far-flung,
that I would not cry
if it were not won.

I wish the dream
was placed so high
that my panicked heart -
would dare not try. ~ Lang Leav

The sad thing is," she said, "the moment you start to miss someone, it means they're already gone. ~ Lang Leav

Everything that happened here
happened long ago. ~ Lang Leav

If a boy ever says, you remind me of someone
don't fall in love with him. You will never be anything more than second best. ~ Lang Leav

In a sea of strangers,
you've longed to know me.
Your life spent sailing
to my shores. ~ Lang Leav

I know you are scared. Who could blame you? Love is a hurricane wrapped inside a chrysalis. And you are a girl walking into the storm. ~ Lang Leav

Fear isn't a reason when it comes to love--it's an excuse. Anyone who has ever been in love will tell you that. ~ Lang Leav

I've grown quiet now. You won't hear me talk about you anymore. It doesn't hurt like it used to. I suppose that is something to be thankful for. ~ Lang Leav

If I have learned anything this year, it is that I won't ever be ready for what life throws at me. I won't have the right words when it counts; I won't know what to choose when fate itself is staring me down. But now I know I don't always need to have the right answer.

I've learned I can go on waiting for something, sustained by hope and nothing more - or I can put it aside and shrug my shoulders. Bravely accept the fact that I can't keep my heart safe any more than I can stop love from taking everything from me.

I have learned to stop saying yes when I don't mean it - to live as authentically as I know how. To allow the tips of my fingers to skirt the darkness, as long as I remember to keep my eyes fixed on the light. And as one door opens and another closes, I will move forward with the knowledge that unlike so many others, I have another year ahead of me - another shot at making it all the way around the sun, and a chance to get it right this time around. ~ Lang Leav, Sea Of Strangers

First love," said Ida with a sigh. "That's the one that kills you. ~ Lang Leav

Most people want to save the entire world. It's a lovely thought, and I'm not saying it's not a noble pursuit - but it's impossible to save everyone. You just have to pick your little corner of the world and focus your energy there. That's the only way you will ever make a difference. ~ Lang Leav

And I sighed and wept for what could not be
and for all that could have been. ~ Lang Leav

Pandora's Box
Longing has a language
that is all her own.
The language of skin,
the language of flowers.
I am a body of longing,
a vessel of language.
For you, I am calamity
in a locked box
where the key is still turning.
For you, I am a mistress
in her ivory tower humming.
For you, I am a songbird
preening her feathers.
For you, for you,
I am a bed of roses,
blooming. ~ Lang Leav

I love you, I do -
you have my word.
You have all my words. ~ Lang Leav

Without a doubt,
I must read,
all the books
I've read about.
See the artworks
hung on hooks,
that I have only,
seen in books. ~ Lang Leav

Regrets
Timing is irrelevant when two people are meant for each other. It's what I once believed.
But we met during a time when I was such a mess, when I still had so much to figure out. How could I have known how crucial every word, every action was or how losing you would be something I would always regret?
If only you could have met me now, how different it would be. How much I have changed. How I have grown. I learned so much from all the mistakes I made with you. I just wish I had made them with someone else. ~ Lang Leav

There is a certain quality to words that when strung in a certain way
has an almost hypnotic effect. ~ Lang Leav

The second I tried to tell myself I wasn't in love was the moment I realized I was. ~ Lang Leav

A ROLLERCOASTER
You will find him in
my highs and lows;
in my mind,
he'll to and fro.
He's the tallest person,
that I know
and so he keeps me,
on my toes. ~ Lang Leav

Some days it felt like a burden, to smile for you. To keep the lines of worry from etching into your forehead. ~ Lang Leav

Youth
You're young and there's still so much ahead. So much uncertainty and doubt. It keeps you up at night - this wild, restless feeling. But you don't know how free you are. For this short, miraculous time, you have no one to answer to, nothing to lose. You belong wholly to yourself. And even though some days you wish your world would stop spinning for a second, to let you catch your breath - believe me, someday you're going to look back on this and you're going to miss this feeling ~ Lang Leav

He makes me turn,
he makes me toss;
his words mean mine
are at a loss. ~ Lang Leav

How do I thank my mother
for giving me the life
she desperately wanted
for herself? ~ Lang Leav

It happens like this.

"One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than anyone else--closer to them than your closest family. Perhaps this person carries within them an angel--one sent to you for some higher purpose; to teach you an important lesson or to keep you safe during a perilous time. What you must do is trust in them--even if they come hand in hand with pain or suffering--the reason for their presence will become clear in due time."

Though here is a word of warning--you may grow to love this person but remember they are not yours to keep. Their purpose isn't to save you but to show you how to save yourself. And once this is fulfilled; the halo lifts and the angel leaves their body as the person exits your life. They will be a stranger to you once more.

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It's so dark right now, I can't see any light around me.
That's because the light is coming from you. You can't see it but everyone else can. ~ Lang Leav

Before I fell
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds
it was you I fell
in love with first. ~ Lang Leav

She walks the earth freely, yet her feet never touch the ground. Many hands will reach for her, but she cannot be anchored. She belongs to no one, to nothing, to nowhere. When you meet her, you will recognize her for what she is--a free spirit, a wandering star. She will fit in your arms like she was made to be there. And she will show you what it means to hold something you can never hold on to. ~ Lang Leav

Somehow, there is a sense of comfort in knowing nothing will ever hit me quite as hard again. Nothing will ever be as beautiful, but neither will anything hurt as much. ~ Lang Leav

Her eyes, a closed book,
her heart, a locked door;
she writes melancholy
like she's lived it before. ~ Lang Leav

Wounded
A bruise is tender
but does not last,
it leaves me as
I always was.
But a wound I take
much more to heart,
for a scar will always
leave its mark.
And if you should ask me
which you are,
my answer is -
you are a scar. ~ Lang Leav

Meant to Be

If they were meant to be in your life, nothing cover ever make them leave. If they weren't, nothing in the world could make them stay. ~ Lang Leav

Summer was felt a little more;
in autumn I began to fall.
When winter came with all its white,
you were mine to kiss good night. ~ Lang Leav

That night, we talked the way old friends do, with candor and ease. ~ Lang Leav

People who are prone to sadness are more likely to pick up a pen. ~ Lang Leav

Every letter
that she types;
every keystroke
that she strikes-
To spell your name
again and again,
is all she ever
wants to write. ~ Lang Leav