As he took her hand
he gave her
all she had been
waiting for--
a shiver
down her spine.
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She lends her pen,
to thoughts of him,
that flow from it,
in her solitary.
LANG LEAV A sky
full
of stars
and he
was staring
at her.
—ATTICUS
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Would he save her?
Always.
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“...
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I worry there is something broken in our generation,
there are too many sad eyes on happy faces...
ATTICUS POETRY She was afraid of heights
but she was
much more afraid
of never flying.
ATTICUS POETRY A sky
full
of stars
and he
was staring
at her.
—ATTICUS
ATTICUS POETRY What good are wings without the courage to fly?
ATTICUS POETRY Love her but leave her wild
ATTICUS POETRY There is nothing
prettier in the
whole wide world
than a girl
in love
wit...
ATTICUS POETRY She had just enough madness to make her interesting
ATTICUS POETRY She conquered her demons and wore her scars like wings.
ATTICUS POETRY Watch carefully
the magic that occurs
when you give a person
enough comfort
t...
ATTICUS POETRY I think it’s beautiful
the way you sparkle
when you talk about
the things you lov...
ATTICUS POETRY I hope to arrive at my death, late, in love, and a little drunk.
ATTICUS POETRY We are made of all those who have built and broken us.
ATTICUS POETRY Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.
ATTICUS POETRY Tutti indossiamo una maschera,
per alcuni è il trucco,
per altri il sorriso,
le mogl...
ATTICUS POETRY I will follow you,
my love,
to the edge of all our days,
to our very last
tom...
ATTICUS POETRY You deserve to be the person you were meant to be.
ATTICUS POETRY It's a
lonely
thing,
protecting
a breakable
heart
ATTICUS POETRY Art takes time—
Monet grew his gardens
before he painted them.
ATTICUS POETRY There’s too much risk in loving,’
the young boy said,
‘no,’
said the old man,...
ATTICUS POETRY Our
songs
live
longer
than
our
kingdoms.
ATTICUS POETRY We humans
are so tortured
by not properly guessing
what will make us happy.
ATTICUS POETRY Time is all we have and don’t.
ATTICUS POETRY That was her magic—
she could still see
the sunset
even on those
darkest da...
ATTICUS POETRY She was everything real in a world of make-believe.
ATTICUS POETRY She wore the moonlight like lingerie.
ATTICUS POETRY From
the moment
I saw her
I knew
this one
was worth
the
broke...
ATTICUS POETRY Chase your stars fool, life is short.
ATTICUS POETRY It was her chaos that made her beautiful.
ATTICUS POETRY I aspire to be
an old man
with an old wife
laughing at old jokes
from a wild...
ATTICUS POETRY I WANT TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHO DREAMS OF DOING EVERYTHING IN LIFE
AND NOTHING ON RAINY SUNDAY AF...
ATTICUS POETRY Brushing a girl’s hair
behind her ear
once a day
will solve more problems
tha...
ATTICUS POETRY Love her but leave her wild.
ATTICUS I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love, and a little drunk.
ATTICUS I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
ATTICUS I've always resented mirrors for their honesty.
ATTICUS It's a sad thing, protecting a breakable heart.
ATTICUS I feel in every girl there is a spirit,
a wild pixie,
that if let go,
would run and d...
ATTICUS You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you cli...
ATTICUS Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by...
ATTICUS There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son, ... I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That...
ATTICUS Even though I never worked with her, it was still really cool to have Brooke Shields on set. She was...
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ATTICUS SHAFFER When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. ...
ATTICUS FINCH A scene gets cut a few frames here and there, but there's a cumulative effect to it, and then th...
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ATTICUS FINCH Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you beg...
ATTICUS FINCH There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's n...
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ATTICUS SHAFFER Personally, I do the best work with people I'm closest with. I know what their tastes are, and t...
ATTICUS ROSS I absolutely loved working with Tim Burton because he is just a creative, outside of the box thinker...
ATTICUS SHAFFER I like it when I go into a cinema and I'm not aware that I'm there; I'm totally involved...
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ATTICUS ROSS I love movies. And sometimes it will be a case where I don't notice music.
ATTICUS ROSS My brother, who's ten years younger than me, worked with me in the studio when he was very young...
ATTICUS ROSS My wife and I were in a band and worked together on and off since we were 19 or 20.
ATTICUS ROSS For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.
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ATTICUS SHAFFER I do talk to myself, just not in a whisper. But I have caught myself sometimes.
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