Upset Archive

"I hope that your heart is always warm. I gave you the best that I had. You passed on my letters and passed on the best that I had." - Dashboard Confessional, "age six racer"

"I see you try to hurt me bad. Don't know what you're up against. Maybe you should reconsider; come up with another plan. Cause you know I'm not that kinda girl. I'll just get back up again." - Pink

"I wouldn't know what to do with another chance if you gave it to me." - Fiona Apple

"Yesterday at the market, I saw a couple holding hands... and I realized we'll never do that. Never anything like it. No picnics or unguarded smiles. No rings. Just... stolen moments that leave too quickly." -Tristan & Isolde

"How did I go from turning the corner of possibility to being nothing at all?" - Dawson's Creek

"I didn't want anyone getting close to me. I pushed people away. Built a wall around my heart to keep them out. I let one person take down the bricks, and I suppose it was a good idea, but, sometimes, he hurts me too. And it hurts so much worse then any other hurt I've felt because he is one of the very few that matter anymore." - Jacqueline Kelly

"There's more than one way to be crippled. I don't mean that you can have a crippled foot or crippled knee or a crippled hand. I mean you can be crippled in your heart. You can store up all your rage at someone, which can weigh down on your heart and twist it into a weird shape until you're always aching underneath. After a while you get used to the ache--just like with my foot. You forget what it's like not to ache. You forget that you're aching at all."

"Every time I turn around, I run right into your pride. Sometimes I'm not so sure if I wanna know that guy." - Martina McBride, "be that way"

"I never wanted the stars--never shot for the moon. I like them right where they are; all I ever wanted was you." - Bon Jovi

"I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I'd see you again." - James Taylor