–SAY YOU WON’T LET GO

 

 

…“And I thought: This is what language does. This is why we live.” Tsipi Keller, Waves and Tonics

 

…“I can just tell.”

 

…If I’m being honest, I’m not really sure why I did that.

 

…A lot of my shit is just that—shit.

Shooting • 6 mi from your home 103XX 242ND AVENUE SE Shots were fired on 242nd Ave. SE in Snohomish County.

…There are only so many things you can say about a fried egg.

 

…Please don’t make it what it’s not…

 

…The secret to life is paying attention to the little things.

 

…I really love the way you put that.

 

…Let’s say our goodbyes before it gets out of hand…

 

…Unless you’re dying, no one can be sick for four months. You just can’t.

 

,,,Is it worth it, living in such a cruel world?

 

…I thought we’d agreed on what we need.

 

…Who would think it doesn’t matter?

 

…You got me wrapped around your finger.

 

...So, what do you want from me, what do you need?

 

…Maybe you were right all along.

 

…Yeah, but here’s the real life—the windows and the ducks.

 

…We’ve come a long, long way, but who’s to say where we’ll be tomorrow?

 

…Kinda wanna call you out all the time.

 

…Well, my heart says, No, but my mind says it’s so…

 

..."Maybe you should take a nap. Maybe you should sleep it off."

 

…Maybe I walked too far.

 

…I can think about it all I want, but it’s still going to be the same in the morning.

 

…Didn’t know that I’d fall so hard…

 

…That’s pretty spooky.

 

…Say you won’t let go…

 

…If you’ve taught me anything, it’s never send a song that’s most likely to get scalded.

 

…Yep. I think I have enough willpower to withhold that.

 

…In the words of Kenny Loggins, This is it. Make no mistake who you are.

 

…I think someone’s going to win.

 

…I’m not sure when I got so defensive. 

 

…Wow, those are some cold hands.

 

…How in the hell did I get so lucky? I mean, why me?

 

…Maybe, I don’t know right now.

 

…Passive-aggressive much?

 

…I remember the first time you called me.

 

…“If that’s love, count me out.” 

 

…I think it’s time for a walk. 

 

…It seems so bizarre to just throw out thousands of dollars for nothing each day when once $2.37 for lunch was a massive splurge.

 

…I can kind of see it now.

 

…How many contests can I lose?

 

…“You seem out of sorts.”

 

…“Who hasn’t had a bad childhood?”

 

…I guess I missed that part.

 

…Yeah, I saw that, and I’m really tired of people.

 

…Is this thing on? 

 

…Maybe we could just go to bed.

 

…I’m not looking to get anything back, trust me.

 

…Why should you care? What’s in it for you?

 

…“Flying off the shelves,” is something you don’t hear anymore.

 

…It’s hard to forgive the Slap, Will Smith at the Oscars, but if you want to know about the future of AI, watch, “I, Robot.” It’s very prescient, especially since it came out in 2004.

 

…If we’re both being honest, this sucks. But what’s the alternative?

 

…It’s not a competition but I’ve got you beat in the flaws department. Mine are pretty ugly, but I’m working on them still, after all this time.

 

 …You know you can stop, right?

  

…One thing I’ve learned is, never introduce new music to an old sob who will never hear it the right way.  

 

…God, it feels good to laugh. Doesn’t matter what it’s about, it just feels good.

 

…Why did I not learn the piano?

 

…I’ve never felt a rush like this.

 

…I can’t push you down.

 

…You’re the calm inside the chaos.

 

…This is the first time, in a long time, that I haven’t done any New Years resolutions. I feel like they’re always the same and I always accomplish the same ones or don't reach the others. Maybe I’m being lazy, or maybe I’m avoiding pushing myself. I don’t know. I’m still not sure what I hope happens in 2026. How about you?

 

…I was good for a spell, but now I’m a little out of whack again.

 

…I wonder if van Gogh was ever happy.

 

…It’s hard to imagine a world without birds.

 

…I know I shouldn’t give Satan any of my energy, but it’s really, really hard to avoid his crazy bullshit.

 

…You can’t ever underestimate someone’s hurt, even if it looks  the same as yours.

 

…At Christmas, one of my nephews, who I scarcely talk to, came up to me while I was doing the dishes and said he thought he’d like to be a teacher but he wasn’t sure. I asked, “What was the name of your third grade teacher?” and he told me her name. I asked, “What was the name of your fourth grade teacher?” and he told me his name. I said, “If you love teaching, for God’s sake, be a teacher. No one remembers what they did in third or fourth grade, but they always remember their teacher because, other than family and friends, no one has a bigger impact on your life.  

 

…“If you can breathe up there, it ain’t steep enough.” Clipse

 

…I’m not sure what I did, but I must have done something.

 

--I didn’t feel like an adult.

--Me neither.

--Do you think you ever will?

--No. I don’t know.

--Me neither.

 

…If I met a version of myself back then now, I’d think, What an awful person, but maybe deep down he’s a decent person.

 

…I haven’t even packed a single box.

 

…It’s juvenile, constantly trying to sell white lies. 

 

…Fuck it. Let’s go.

 

…In order to produce art, you have to see the leaf, the wave, as more than the leaf and the wave.

 

…I don’t like them whatsoever, and I would never wear one, but I sometimes wish I was the kind of guy who looked good in a bowling shirt. 

 

…Leon Bridges, now there’s a talent.

 

…“It might benefit your writing if you weren’t so wrapped up in yourself.”

 

…“Fuck you doesn’t have the impact it used to. Which is why I say, ‘Fuck you, and fuck your family.’’ The Book of George, Kate Greathead

 

…Nothing can change hearing one noise, and then another.

 

…Sometimes the door tries to close.

 

…I get it now. Thank God I get it now.

 

…When a friend asks: How are you doing? and you can tell they really want to know, well, that’s something to be grateful for.

 

…To calm my anxieties, I sometimes remind myself that everyday people are sometimes blown to bits.

 

…Time isn’t getting longer.

 

…“The central truth is, my life is not made of what we classify as reality. It’s made of books, reading them, handling them, hunting for them on bookshelves.” Tsipi Keller

 

…What do you say when someone asks how you are and you’re not good?

 

…Expressive suppression, now there’s a term for you.

 

…So I learned that miracles really do happen. 

 

…Don’t wanna get ahead of myself, feeling things I’ve never felt.

 

…Emotions are meant to be expressed. That’s why you have them in the first place.

 

…We go through so many emotions in a day, it’s a miracle we survive.

 

…We all push and shove. We all want our voices heard.

 

…Life can be a bit unreal at times.

 

…God only knows why people say the things they say.

 

…“Reality is under no obligation to be interesting.” Borges

 

…Here’s what I’m going to do—I’m going to take deeper breaths and not let them out, like never.

 

…In case you were wondering, I still hate him more than I hate or have ever hated a person before.

 

…But I guess you have to gauge someone’s capacity for truth before you’re honest with them.

 

…Do you want the long or short answer?

 

…It’s not just what you say, but how you say it.

 

...Isn’t it funny, or strange, what once seemed so important and permanent, now seems like a joke?