Blankets Craig Thompson Quotes

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

Maybe I'm sad about wanting you. I'm not too comfortable with wanting someone.

Even a mistake is better than nothing.

Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free. I gorged myself until my tummy ached.

I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.

Sometimes, upon waking, the residual dream can be more appealing that reality, and one is reluctant to give it up. For a while, you feel like a ghost -- Not fully materialized, and unable to manipulate your surroundings. Or else, it is the dream that haunts you. You wait with the promise of the next dream.

Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".

Which is scarier-- lust or temptation?

For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?