David Alan Royster

There’s nothing more romantic than getting down in the dirt and plowing through the weeds, brambles, thickets, and dry land of life with someone just as willing by your side.

Everything in life I’ve worked hard for; what makes you think I’d do you different?

Only snails know there is no rush when you learn to carry home with you.

Trust. Above all, I ask for trust. You won’t know every thought that crosses my mind, but just know that they’re all for us.

Crack me open and get drunk on the contents of my spirit. Warning: consuming too much may have permanent effects.

I’d tell you how beautiful you look today, but there’s not enough time before sunset to tell how you set fire to a sundress; my mouth is overflowing from yesterday.

I’ve forever wanted a woman who loves like a soldier and fights like a poet. Always with unfailing faithfulness, always for the yearning in her heart.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You first.’ The only way love works.

The opposite of love isn’t hate. It isn’t even indifference. It’s fear.

Love is real, love is pure, you only take what you give and give what you take. At its purest it is real. No pretending.

It’s important to remember where you came from; it’s the easiest way to locate where you are.

I’m a wanderess, I’m a one night stand. Don’t belong to no city, don’t belong to no man.

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Sometimes I feel like a kid wanting nothing more than to squeeze you tight and call you mine.

I’m bad at love, but you can’t blame me for tryin’.

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

I won’t take anyone down if I crawl tonight. But I still let everyone down when I change in size.

There is no remedy for love, but to love more.

Thunder only happens when it’s raining; players only love you when they’re playing.

They are different now than they were. My mother never had to say she was a queen to be one. I instinctively knew. So it makes sense now that I am sorely confused by the women who try to convince me with words.