Quotes by Charlotte Eriksson

I think I’m learningthat sometimes the bravest thing is not to face the world,but to turn away from it.

Some people make you want to be a better person, and that, for me, is the purest form of love.

I want people to feel safe around me. Calm and at peace and I want to make people feel accepted. I want to express confidence on my own path, and spread confidence to other people on theirs.

This is the story of a girl gone mad while trying to find a little bit of love.

I am a worried person with a stressed out soul, living a simple life with no capital.

... and you might say “no, you will never do that, that’s not you, not who I know, not who I thought you were”and I will say“watch me”for I never did this to fit inor stand outbut to live.

My favorite place in the world is next to you.

You are to me like white islands, in a world of vast darkness.

Find something you love and go for it with all your heart. No excuses, no plan B. Never settle for anything less than you know you can do.It will be hard, but I promise it will be worth it.

I am constantly torn between the will to be seen and still hidden so god damn well, a contradiction I never figured out.

An artist must be passionately in love with her art. Obsessed or possessed ― go mad for what you believe in.

Being passionate about something is the most beautiful characteristic you can develop.

Beautiful places are not just a joy for the moment, while you’re there. They will become homes for you, spaces of solace and comfort, where you can close your eyes and go to. Nothing you experience will ever go away. It belongs to you now. Just feel. Don’t be afraid to feel.

People who truly live their lives dont have time to complain or judge others. Theyre too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between!

A big group of daily friends or a white painted house with bills and mirrors, are not a necessity to me—but an intelligent conversation while sharing another coffee, is.

Build your home in small moments of joy, and you will always feel at home.

Spend more time doing things that make you forget about the time.

This world can be quite wonderful once you let yourself be a part of it.

I was never afraid of the dark and I spent my youth walking through empty playgrounds at midnight, worried mothers telling girls to be careful and ”the world is an ugly place and not everyone wants you well”. But I was not afraid and I wished for adrenaline to make my veins pulsate in that way that puts them more on the outside of my skin than inside.After the first night with you I never walked alone at night again because suddenly I had something to lose. Something to save.

And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because it’s only through something broken that something beautiful can grow.