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“Do you ever feel guilty?�� she asked, clutching a flower to her chest.

“Yes,�� I replied. “But only because it has taken me so long to realize who I am and what truly stirs my heart.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“Nobody knows your heart better than you. Trust your instincts. Never let anyone cast a shadow over your sunshine.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“Sometimes we are so generous with our love, so willing to give it all away, we leave nothing behind for ourselves.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“Absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder. Sometimes it just teaches us that we can live apart.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“words are strange creatures”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“Cry for me,
not when I'm dead,
for that will be too late-
cry for me now
while I'm still here,
to kiss your tears
away.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“She was a muse
cursed with melancholia,
her tears the ink
on my typewriter ribbon.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“Keeping her trapped within the insecurities that he created.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“Even the most eloquent lie becomes vulgar when exposed to the truth.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“Of course I remember. How could I possibly forget a memory tattooed onto my heart?”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“You lived for books,
lost within a dusty world
of turned pages,
each sentence read
a breath drawn,
every word��
the blood
rushing through
your veins,
how I wished
I was a story,
inside a book,
held lovingly
in your hands,
never to be
put down.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“You became invisible,
a ghost haunting
the ruins of a heart
left broken,
where love
once burned,
so quickly taken,
like a bucket
of water
thrown on a fire,
all trace
of warmth-
forsaken.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors

“You can't remove my scars or rewrite the past that haunts me. Just hold me tight and tell me everything's going to be okay.”
― Michael Faudet, Smoke & Mirrors