heyy its marie (muh-ree). i've got a thing for quotes.
you don't always know who's said them, but the point is
someone else is feeling what you're feeling too.
you aren't alone, here at flameinaboxofsticks.

aside from all that how many subscribers or
comments i have does not stop me from updating
because i do it for you guys, not for myself.
however, that's not to say comments and subs
don't make me update more, cause they do. :)
enjoy!

[seventy-two.]
Your character is based on what you stand for.
Your reputation is based on what you fall for.

[seventy-one.]
And you'll probably forget half
the things I'll always remember.

[seventy.]
Its called falling in love for a reason -- because,
inevitably, you crashed at the bottom.
[Second Glance; Jodi Picoult]

[sixty-nine.]
When we sat there in silence that night,
not uncomfortable, just glad to be together,
that's when I knew that this would last.

[sixty-eight.]
There's always gonna be that one thing you wish for,
but never get; that one mistake you can never take back.
But most of all, there's always going to be that one
memory you would do anything for just to have it again.

[sixty-seven.]
Your worst battle is that between
what you know and how you feel.

[sixty-six.]
I wish I could give you what you're looking for,
but I don't know what it is.There's a part of you
that you keep closed off from everyone, including me.
Its as if I'm not the one you're really with.
Your mind is on someone else.
[The Notebook; Nicholas Sparks]

[sixty-five.]
Back here in reality,
the only thing seperating us is air.

[sixty-four.]
People can call it passion, or lust, or obsession.
I don't really care. When I'm with him,
its the only time I ever feel completely alive.
If you've never felt the power of that,
then I feel sorry for you.
[The A-List; Zoey Dean]

[sixty-three.]
Nothing of me is original.
I am the combined efforts of
everyone I've ever known.
[Chuck Palahniuk]

[sixty-two.]
Love wasn't supposed to be about a moment when you
looked into a boy's eyes and felt the world spin
from beneath your feet, or when you saw in his soul
the all things that were missing in yours.
Love came slow and surefooted and was made
of equal measures of comfort and respect.
[Plain Truth; Jodi Picoult]

[sixty-one.]
I'm willing to break myself to shake this hell from
everything I touch. I'm willing to bleed for days,
my reds and grays, so you don't hurt so much.
[Break Myself; Something Corporate]

[sixty.]
What is heartbreak?
Is it lying on the bathroom floor trying your 
damn hardest to breathe while simultaneously wondering
why it went wrong, how you're gonna get up and pretend
like everything is alright and what the hell you 
are going to do about that hole in your chest?
Yeah, I think thats it.

[fifty-nine.]
Missing someone isn't about how long
its been since you've seen them last,
or the amount of time since you've talked.
Its about that very moment when you're
doing something, or nothing at all,
and you wish they were right there with you.

[fifty-eight.]
People don't change.
They only become more of what they really are.

[fifty-seven.]
I believe everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to
let go, things go wrong so you
can appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you can eventually learn
to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart
so better things can fall together.
[Marilyn Monroe]

[fifty-six.]
I have this theory that the more important
and intimate the emotion, the fewer words are
required to express it. For instance, in dating.
‘Will you go out with me?’ Six words.
‘I really care about you.’ Five words.
‘You matter to me.’ Four words.
‘I love you.’ Three words.
‘Marry me.’ Two words.
So what’s left?
What’s the single most important and intimate word you
can ever say to somebody? It’s ‘goodbye.’

[fifty-five.]
I think we consider too much the good luck of
the early bird, and not enough bad look of the early worm.
[Theodore Roosevelt]

[fifty-four.]
Boys don't write their names on your heart in pencil.

[fifty-three.]
It's a lot easier to be lost then found.
It's the reason we're always searching and
rarely discovered - so many locks, not enough keys.
[Lock and Key; Sarah Dessen]

[fifty-two.]
I'm not anything special.
I'm still mad after counting from ten
backwards and I hate wearing shoes.
I read quotes more than I should
and I know way too many big words.
I stumble, trip, and fall on a regular basis,
but when I'm with you, it doesn't matter.

[fifty-one.]
Its hard to wait around for something
you know might never happen,
but its even harder to give up on it
when you know its everything you want.

[fifty.]
Its not about being who everyone wants you to be.
Its about being who you are, and
finding someone who loves every bit of it.

[forty-nine.]
You've never held me, and you've never kissed me,
but for some reason, I can feel something.

[forty-eight.]
Promise me.
That's all I want.
Just a promise that you'll never forget me.
Tell me I changed you somehow.
Let me know that I had an impact on your life.
Promise me that you'll always remember me.
Losing you was hard enough, but I don't want to go on
knowing I mean absolutely nothing to you.

[forty-seven.]
Eventually, one of two things will happen.
He'll finally realize she's worth it,
or she'll realize he's not.

[forty-six.]
A guy and a girl can just be friends, but at one
point or another they will fall for each other. Maybe just
temporarily, or maybe at the wrong time,
or maybe too late. Maybe forever. Sure they won't say things,
but that doesn't mean they don't feel them.

[forty-five.]
I do what all women do.
I think. I blame myself.
I marinate in my failure.
I hate myself sometimes.
Sometimes I cry.
More often I stare at the ceiling,
and wonder what's wrong with me.

[forty-four.]
People should take their
"I want you to like me!"
stickers off of their foreheads
and put them where they'd really
do some good - on their mirrors.

[forty-three.]
The world may never know the truth about your life.
That's because they don't care to.
But when you find the one who wants to know
every detail of it, they're the one to keep.

[forty-two.]
Just explain to me why you did it.
Don’t tell me you didn’t mean to… because you did.
And at the time, it was exactly what you wanted.

[forty-one.]
He smiles then looks away,
and you wonder just maybe that smile
meant something he couldn't say.

[forty.]
I realize that overall, you weren't really worth it.
There were moments with you that made me really happy,
but the majority of the time you just shut me out.
That's why this summer, I'll try and get over you.
We might have had something really great,
but I guess we'll never know.
I'll never forget all the good times
with you, but I also never forget
how you hurt me, more than any other boy.

[thirty-nine.]
And all she wants to hear is that
you miss her since she's been gone.

[thirty-eight.]
Sometimes I wonder: "why do I love you so?"
Is it your smile? Or your voice I can't let go?

[thirty-seven.]
Everyone knows:
The louder the music;
the bigger the heartbreak.

[thirty-six.]
Every girl has one boy that
doesn't know what he means to her.

[thirty-five.]
Sometimes the two people that are meant to be,
are the last ones to realize it.

[thirty-four.]
Maybe she's a little scared to get close to anyone
because everyone who ever said "I'll always be there," left.

[thirty-three.]
There's a big difference between someone who listens to you,
and someone who only hears what you're saying.

[thirty-two.]
We may have been a little less than perfect,
but we were perfect for eachother.

[thirty-one.]
Before you, my life was like a moonless night.
Very dark, but there were stars - points of light and reason.
And then you shot across my sky like a meteor.
Suddenly, everything was on fire;
there was brilliancy, there was beauty.
When you were gone, when the meteor had
fallen over the horizon, everything went black.
Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light
and I couldn't see any of the other stars in the sky anymore.
None of them compared to you.

[thirty.]
So this is it, the feeling that I've missed,
A subtle kind of pain that keeps me from sleep.
I try to explain how your touch drives me insane, and
I can't spend a night without wishing I was with you.

[twenty-nine.]
Don't give up if you still want to try,
don't ever wipe your tears if you still want to cry,
don't settle for an answer if you still want to know,
 and don't ever say you don't love him if you can't let him go.

[twenty-eight.]
I saved his eyes for last, knowing that when I looked
into them I was likely to lose my train of thought.
They were wide, warm with liquid gold, and framed
by a thick frame of black lashes. Staring into his eyes
always made me feel extraordinary - sort of like my
bones were turning spongey. I was also a little
lightheaded, but that could have been because
I'd forgotten to keep breathing. Again.
[New Moon; Stephenie Meyer]

[twenty-seven.]
I'm scared of walking out of this room
and never feeling the rest of my whole life,
the way I feel when I'm with you.
[Dirty Dancing]

[twenty-six.]
When I'm with you, I feel like that's where I belong.
And honestly, that's the only place I want to be.

[twenty-five.]
All I know is that I fell in love with you, and I've never
been more frightened about anything in my entire life.
[The Choice; Nicholas Sparks]

[twenty-four.]
I shouldn't love you, but I want to, I just can't turn away.
I shouldn't see you, but I can't move, I can't look away.
[Just So You Know; Jesse McCartney]

[twenty-three.]
She talks too loud.
She says things that she should keep to herself.
She's slow and silly.
She can be very thickheaded and rude.
She wants too much.
She stays hidden behind a fake smile.
She cries at night to the sad songs on the radio.
She runs away from the truth.
She doesn't want to do anything but lay in his arms.

[twenty-two.]
Love is a color only the blind can see.

[twenty-one.]
Just once in my life I want someone else to kiss first.
I want someone else to lie awake and wonder
what the right words are, if they'll be rejected,
if they're ruining a great friendship.
I want him to want me so much that he can't help himself,
that he's willing to risk everything for a chance to be with me.

[twenty.]
Love doesn't mean holding onto feelings and
being devoted to someone you can't have.
Its wanting what's best for the other person,
even if that means you don't get what you want.

[nineteen.]
And when you're feeling lonely,
look up at the moon.
Somewhere, someone is staring at
the same moon, feeling lonely, too.

[eighteen.]
Fine. I'll admit it. All of it.
I think of you every second of every day.
You are my favorite subject to talk about.
When I hug you I wish I was allowed to never let you go.
Most of my dreams have you in them.
I always get excited when I get to see you again; and...
the fact that I've completely and totally fallen for you.

[seventeen.]
He has no idea what goes on in her mind,
she's so good at pretending.
He will never know how many tears fall each night for him;
nor the endless hours that she wastes
thinking maybe; just maybe.

[sixteen.]
I can't unthink about you,
I can't unfeel your touch.
I can't unhear all the things,
that used to mean so much.
I wish I could unremember
everything my heart's been through.
I'm finding out its impossible to do,
but its no use. I can't unlove you.

[fifteen.]
I can see right through your beautiful eyes.
I've had enough of your games.
[Wolf In Sheep's Clothing; This Providence]

[fourteen.]
Her heart is breaking as she's staring
at every single girl that walks by,
somehow thinking that they're all better than her.
Tonight, she'll lie awake and tear herself down,
cause that's what she's best at.
She's just one of those girls that no matter
how many times she's told,
never believes she is beautiful.

[thirteen.]
But I'd be willing to bet that you're
suffering, more than you let anyone see.
[Twilight; Stephenie Meyer]

[twelve.]
People say I've changed so much.
Well here's the honest truth: I grew up.
I stopped letting people push me around,
and I learned that you can't always be happy.
(I accepted reality.)

[eleven.]
Look in the mirror, you're beautiful.
He may not think so, but that's not what matters.
What matters is that you know you are.

[ten.]
If i could make one wish,
it would be to have no reason to make one.

[nine.]
Yeah I smell like smoke
but make up for it with my lips.
[Antoinette; Sick City]

[eight.]
Once you fall in love with someone,
they will always be a part of you.
Even if you never talk, they'll still cross your mind,
and even the thought of them being with anyone else hurts.

[seven.]
What is it that's so hard about letting go of a crush?
Its the fear that as soon as you let go, they'll catch on.

[six.]
We all need something we consider
worth getting up in the morning for.
Whether it's real or not; healthy or
destructive; tangible or false is irrelevant.
When you've got nothing to hang onto,
deception can seem pretty inviting.

[five.]
Don't give up if you still want to try.
Don't ever wipe your tears if you still want to cry.
Don't settle for an answer if you still want to know;
and don't ever say you don't love him if you can't let him go.

[four.]
The worst way to miss someone is sitting right
beside them, and knowing you can't have them.

[three.]
Maybe I'm not meant to forget about him.
I mean, look at how many times I've tried.
Maybe its not working for a reason.

[two.]
I hate that time before you go to sleep at night,
because that's when all the thoughts
you've been trying to avoid start to linger in your mind.

[one.]
Crushed.
That I haven't ever let you know
how it always seems to go,
because I lose my nerve
whenever you get close,
and so I'm left, short of breath,
with that heavy feeling in my chest.