Lonely

He drew hypodermics, one after another. His pen pressed harder and harder as he colored in the embalming fluid inside, as he perfected the trajectory of the three drops squirting out.
Lonely, I thought, on Earth as it is in heaven.

- THE LOVELY BONES BY ALICE SEBOLD

Books

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

- MARK TWAIN

Heaven

Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth.

- MARK TWAIN

Toy

Someday you'll wake up
and feel a great pain
And you'll miss every toy you've ever owned

- FIREWOOD BY REGINA SPEKTOR

Cinderella

Cinderella's on her bedroom floor, she's gotta
Crush on the guy at the liquor store
'Cus Mr Charming don't come home anymore
And she forgets why she came here

- FAIRYTALE BY SARA BAREILLES

Tango

"Dahnce?" asked Ronaldo, King of the Gypsies. "Ve didn't dahnce."
"You didn't?" said Mrs. Jewls.
"No," said Ronaldo. "Ve tangoed!"
Everyone cheered.


- WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN BY LOUIS SACHAR

Unspoken

The love between us stayed unspoken. We knew it when our eyes met, when our hands touched.

- THE BUTTERFLY LION BY MICHAEL MORPURGO, PG 72