Karen Quan

“I'm gonna go put my earplugs in and practice piano for hours until my fingers bleed. I practice the piano with the focus of Helen Keller—and nothing can distract me from the scent of the music.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”

“If your glass is half empty, fill it up to be full.”

“You have had me spinning for days, for I am drunk off the words that flow endlessly from your deep red lips that taste of wine.”

“My heart beats so hard, I feel like I have an earthquake inside of me. It's weighing me down and my hands shake with the need of safety and comfort.”

“Be drunk in love and high on life.”

“I wear a necklace of hope with pearly beads. When I met you, it broke, and the beads spilled all over the floor, into the gutters.”

“I'll put you in a jar on my shelf for a cold, rainy day when I need you the most.”

“I hate when I'm not done with my cup but my mom decides to put it in the dishwasher anyway and the cup isn't dishwasher safe. I keep telling my mom that my origami coffee mugs are hand wash ONLY. Handshakes are also hand wash only.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”

“When my hands can no longer make these hammers and strings play for you, my heart will always sing to you.”

“Do you ever think of me when you look up at the moon and the stars? When you look into the horizon as the sun sets? We're looking at the same sun, and the stars may burn brighter where you are, but I can't see them, and they're still there. I spend nights trying to see the stars that you see, but I end up seeing you in the stars instead.”

“I'll use the blood from my spilling heart to write the words that were never able to slip out of my mouth, so you can see how much you've broken me into a perpetual state of melancholy.”

“You've left me with a kaleidoscope of broken smiles and shattered dreams.”

“Push my buttons, and I'll push you off a bridge.”

“One dead and one alone. That's how the story ends.”

“We'll meet again, but you're a lifetime away, and I need you now.”

“Some of us walk around with a necklace of hope, an armour of sanity, but at the end of the day, they always come off. We reveal our naked, vulnerable, real selves.”

“When your heart starts to feel full again. I love FREE refills, and if a restaurant tries to double charge me, I refuse to write a love poem on their Yelp page.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”

“It's super cloudy right now but I think I can see the northern lights from my room. Another observation: Every light is a strobe light, if you just blink fast enough, and drink enough vodka.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”

“Some people hate the rain, other appreciate it for the blooming flowers.”

“Underwater madness slipping into a haze, drowning and choking in repugnant nostalgic thoughts.”