Camille Gauthier

“I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,

and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
Like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.”
― Pablo Neruda

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Have the mind of a fox,
the heart of a lion,
the tongue of a serpent,
the flair of a swan,
and the soul of a dove.

Have the fortitude of a camel,
the courage of a bear,
the strength of a bull,
the fierceness of a wolf,
and the might of an elephant.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde