Quotes from Tiffanie DeBartolo

It sounds silly, I know. But for me, the power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the places where the deepest cuts lie. Like a benevolent god, a good song will never let you down. And sometimes, when you're trying to find your way, one of those gods actually shows up and gives you directions.

Eliza has the sky in her eyes and I've always wanted to touch the goddamn sky.

I am of the theory that all of our transcendental connections, anything we're drawn to, be it a person, a song, a painting on a wall--they're magnetic. The art is the alloy, so to speak. And our souls are equipped with whatever properties are required to attract that alloy. I'm no scientist so I don't really know what the hell these properties are, but my point is we're drawn to stuff we've already got a connection to. Part of the thing is already inside of us.

Sometimes I would open my eyes when we were kissing, I would watch him and I could see it. I could actually see LOVE - not words, not an emotion, not an abstract concept or a subjective state of mind, but a living, breathing thing.

Note to self: Always remember how lucky you are to wake up next to someone who thinks you're the shit.

Everyone feels that void. Everyone who has the balls to look inside themselves, anyway. It's what life's all about.. A search.

For what it's worth, I think happiness is a fleeting condition, not a permanent state of goddamn mind. I've learned that if you chase after moments of bliss here and there, sometimes those moments will sustain you through the shit.

Fate is just another word for people's choices coming to a head. Destiny, coincidence, whatever you name it. It inevitably lies in our hands.

I hate that word, CAN'T. I wish it had never been dreamed up, spoken, or defined. I wish the concept of CAN'T could be eradicated not only from language, but more importantly from the psyche of a girl who I know is filled with so much CAN it seeps out of her pores and scents the air.

There's nothing worse than falling in love with a person over and over every time you lay eyes on them, especially when you hate their goddamn guts

It seemed cruelly unfair to me, even then, how fast your life can change before you have an opportunity to rethink your choices. We should get second chances on the big stuff. We should come equipped with erasers attached to the tops of our heads. Like pencils. We should be able to flip over and scribble away mistakes, at least once or twice during the duration of our existence, especially in matters of life and death.

I try to find meaning anywhere I can. It's the only way I know how to validate my existence.

I've got my girl and my guitar, and for me that's enough.

See that? Paul said. Ten goddamn seconds. I don't get it. You didn't even have to hear the whole song, just a few lines, and you got the chills and that swirly, happy-sad feeling in your gut, didn't you? ... That's the difference between the real stuff and the crap. I know which one you are and you know which one I am.

And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

I'm afraid of everything. Fear of being alone, fear of being hurt, fear of being made a fool of, fear of failure... Still, I think all my fears bleed from one big one...

This is what it means to be in the middle of love, I thought. Being in the middle of love is like being in the middle of a war zone.

... there's also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest fool of all?" - Paul Hudson

The days will always be brighter because he existed. The nights will always be darker because he's gone.

Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.

I need to know that wherever I end up, in the stars or in the gutter, you're along for the ride.

Committing suicide so as not to be murdered is the worst reason I've ever heard of to die.

We had pathetically simple dreams: to do meaningful work that we could be proud of, to be together, and to be happy.

When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone.. Everyone said she was a fraud, that she was just making it up.. I'd really like to know why the hell a person would make up a thing like that.