Heart On My Sleeve Quotes

“I have worn my heart on my sleeve because it is too painful to carry it inside my chest.
When I carry it on my sleeve, it has the freedom to exist, to beat in rhythm with the Universe.
I feel like I'm more alive and yes, there are those who out of curiosity will say or do things that can cause its delicate existence to feel pain and sorrow.
I would rather deal with that, than to put it back in its little cage where it knows nothing else but the rhythm of my body and my Ego.
My heart was never meant to be part of my Ego.
My heart was meant to experience the Soul.”
― C.C. Campbell, The Stolen Light of Women: A Quest for Spiritual Truth Beyond Religion

“I was only going to shoot you if he was in one band. And only if it had a name like Uncle Toejam's Acid Crematorium or something. But bluegrass is good, and hey, music is MY life too. Maybe I'll actually like the guy (assuming he's around long enough). Just don't write and tell me you're in the process of stirring up some baby Custard-Mustards.”
― Ellen Wittlinger, Heart on My Sleeve

“She was wearing a pair of blue shorts and a T-shirt. No makeup, no glitter, no headband, and it was the most beautiful she'd ever been. Right here, in my arms, in this quiet and horrible, moon-drenched place. Here she was, eyelashes lined with tears, irises blindingly green, the dusting of freckles on the bridge of her nose, copper and sun-kissed and there for the counting. Her heart, practically levitating, some pink-gold and glowing thing I could almost wrap my fingers around. Was this what it meant to wear your heart on your sleeve? Was this what it looked like to be good? To shine on anyway?”
― Lauren Okie, Tropesick