Pillow Thoughts By Courtney Peppernell [My Favourite Quotes]

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. Make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.

Pillow Thoughts By Courtney Peppernell [My Favourite Quotes]

1. I am in awe of even the way you walk, and yet you walk right past me.

2. But what else am I supposed to do

when your hair is soft and your eyes are blue.

And my heart turns over at the sound of your name

only you smile at me the way friends usually do.

I am more of a mess than a rainy day

because you have no idea I feel this way.

3. The aches in my arms still surprise me, even years after letting you go.

4. We cannot all be artists

and I must admit I do not know how to paint

But if I were to take a palette

all my colours would be of you.

5. Love is not always roses, honey and tea. Sometimes it is difficult being you, and

sometimes it is difficult being me. And in the night if we are restless and our

love struggles to make sense, know that I will fight for us. Because I love you,

and I know that you love me.

6. They say don’t fall in love with writers

because their poems

are messy

and their letters

are empty words

dressed up to look pretty.

But I say

fall in love with me

because underneath the mess

and in between the lines

is a heart too full of love

that would follow you to any city.

7. Love,

I know in my heart without a doubt

even if I can never find the words to say

You are the one I am crazy about,

you are the one I fall for every day.

When everything doesn’t feel right

I look at you

my sun, my moon, the morning light

my happiness when all is blue.

With you I am always safe

and every day you make my heart race.

You are my home, my friend,

my saving grace.

8. Of all the maps in the world, the only one I will follow is the map to your heart.

9. Love makes us both happy and sad and there is not a soul alive that has been

able to understand why.

10. But the world is exhausted, and the only wealth we have left is love.

11. Perhaps it’s just easier to smile and pretend everything is fine, rather than admit

my heart’s a little swollen from losing something that wasn’t even mine.

12. in the end

we

as in you and me

were never

meant to be.

13. I never really knew how much the heart breaks

until I was lying next to you

and you were thinking about someone else.

14. I loved what we had too

The only difference was that I saw it as

forever

and you saw it as

just for now.

15. You spend your whole life convincing yourself you are a chapter worth

following, and then someone comes along and doesn’t want to read the ending

and suddenly the whole story falls apart.

16. When you are wounded, sometimes it’s best to retreat and heal. But do not stay

hidden for too long, because all wounds need air.

17. That’s the thing about moving on. You are never going to find a love quite like

the one before. The key is to stop wanting the same things and embrace the

things to come.

18. My therapist asked, “How do you prepare for the day?”

And I replied, “I count my lies, find my mask and pretend it isn’t easier to fly

away.”

19. But solitude can be a dangerous thing. All that comfort found lost in your own

thoughts. It is easy to stay and never return, but braver to walk through the

tunnel and out the other side.

20. I just wanted you to know

That I’ll never care

How far you push me away

Because when I told you

That I would stay

I meant it.

You’re a little lost

And a little damaged

But you’re not hopeless.

I know who you are

I love who you are

And that’s why I’ll stay

So you learn to love

Yourself too.