"Well, let’s say that since you were little, you always dreamed of getting a lion. And you wait, and you wait, and you wait, and you wait but the lion doesn’t come. And along comes a giraffe. You can be alone, or you can be with the giraffe."
“I’d wait for the lion.”
“That’s why I worry about you.” - Beginners, 2010 

"Hush, my sweet. These tornadoes are for you." - Richard Siken 

"Meanwhile in my head I’m undergoing open-heart surgery." - Anne Sexton