"There is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down."

"The reason as to why we are attracted to our opposites is because they are our salvation from the burden of being ourselves."

"I've written you sixty-seven love poems.Here's another one for you.But really, for me.These poems are the candles that I light with the fire you have ignited in me.I place this candle here and another thereso even if the stars have argued with the moonand are sulking away in a corner, you can still find your way to me.Sixty-eight poems now. What does the future hold for us?Joy? Disappointment? Gentle caresses? And subtle neglect?I hope the good is more than the bad. Much more. For what is the point of loveif by lighting these candlesour own flame loses its brightness?I know the good is more than the bad. Much more.I cannot wait to write you sixty-nine."

"Yes, silence is painful, but if you endure it, you will hear the cadence of the entire universe."

"They can award me with the greatest accolades and reward me with the finest diamonds. They can name days and streets after me, canonise and celebrate me. They can make me the queen of their kingdom, the president of their nation. They can carry my picture in their wallets and whisper my name in their prayers but, tell me, what is all this worth if your voice isn't the one calling me home?"

"I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you."

"I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired."

"If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections."

"This is the only truth in the world that was necessary yesterday, is necessary today, and will continue to be necessary tomorrow: be conscious of now."

"Love is our most basic human value and also our highest potential."

"When you get shy, you're simply thinking of yourself. Stop it. Step out of yourself."

"You want to become a better person?Just give thanks. Give thanks for all of it."

"Love can bless you with a sense of purpose and direction when all else fails. Because to have faith in love is to be optimistic about life. Love is hopefulness."

"At a night like this, where it's just me and the yellow moon,I feel complete."

"To see her is to be seduced by her."

"People don't remember lessons. They remember stories."

"And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own."

"I'm a winner because I always bet on you."

"Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world."

"We grow old judging othersAnd ourselvesUntil life humbles usAnd makes scared children of usLonging to hold another's handTo hear their kind words And witness their kind deeds done on our behalf.But like children,We sabotage everythingFor nothing satisfies usUntil life crumbles usAnd we are no more."

"Knowing you, I understood myself."

"To live, to truly live, one must consider each and every thing a blessing."

"To live with you is to live.To live without you is to die."

"Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue."

"Clocks were invented to warn us. Tick (time is passing). Tock (time has passed)."

"And there's you. You're just beautiful. Effortlessly beautiful, like nature. You have the trinity of beauty: a beautiful heart, a beautiful mind, and a beautiful soul."

"You think I'm giving up. I'm not. I'm giving in."

"The greatest thing about me isn't even a part of me. It's you."

"Embrace contradictions for they make upall of life:You will eternally be looking for yourself andseeking ways to lose yourself."

"This poem was meant to be unwritten. But I am writing it now and have thereby changed destiny."

"The greatest moments in our lives occur when we surrender: birth, love, and death."

"You want help? Ask for help. You want love? Ask for love. If you want anything from the universe, anything from yourself, you must first ask."

"Love, they said, burns youand builds you.But with you, there's no ash.Just light."

"Love is the most integral function of our lives. That is why LOVE is only one letter away from LIVE."

"If all we had were roses, would the thorns then be beautiful?"

"The best tourist is one without a camera."

"We are all lost, so lost, vulnerable and insecure. We are separated from love at birth, we are separated from God, from each other. All we want, all we yearn for is to connect."

"If you can love one person, you can love everyone."

"Before you, nothing.Now you, and everything."

"All kinds of people read poetry: revolutionaries, scholars, sentimentalists etc. But above all else, lovers read poetry. Why? Because we fell in love. And then we fell in love with love."

"Don't worry if you don't accomplish everything in this life. Fortunately, death overcomes every thing-even the very thing that tried to kill us."

"You know how it goes:at some point in your life, you fell in love with someone and had a glimpse of God.Then you abandoned life and loverand started celebratingyour love for God."

"We call a story about love a love story. We call a poem about love a love poem. Well then, my dear, aren't our lives love lives?"

"You have to be transparent so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you."

"I see your painas clearly as I feel my own.I will share your burden so you feel it less.Do not hate this world.Do not hate these people.I will share my hopeso you feel it more.I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours."

"We live only for the hope of love."

"Do not avert your eyes.It is important that you see this.It is important that you feelthis."

"Put down your glass, it is time to dance. If you want to get drunk all you need is to drink love. Put down your pipe and do away with these childish toys. If you want to get high all you need is to breathe love. Now, can I have this dance?"

"Oh, how scary and wonderful it is that words can change our lives simply by being next to each other."

"I am humbled by the grace of God.I am humbled by the beauty of this universe.Humbled by others' kindness.Humbled by life.I drop down to my knees and give thanks."