Quotes by Sarah McLachlan

“I love you smile at me, I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near....I believe this is heaven to no one else but me.”

“If you love large, youve got to hurt large. If youve got a lot of light, youve probably got an equal amount of darkness.”

“Im so tired, but I cant sleep...standing on the edge of something much too deep...funny how I feel so much but cannot say a word...we are screaming inside, oh, but we cant be heard...so afraid to love you, more afraid to lose...clinging to a past”

“In the arms of the angels, fly away from here....you are pulled from the wreckage, of your silent revelry, youre in the arms of the angels, may you find some comfort here...”

“The night is my companion...solitude my guide....and I would be the one to hold you down, kiss you so hard, Ill take your breath away...my body aches to breathe your breath, your words keep me alive.”

“Hold on, hold on to yourself, for this is gonna hurt like hell.”

“Were constantly being told what other people think we are, and thats why it is so important to know yourself.”

“I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty you possess, if you only let yourself believe.”

“If you only try to please others, youre going to resent those people youre trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then youre going to be much kinder to the people in your life.”

“Cause I rely on my illusions, to keep me warm at night. Ive denied in my capacity to love, and I am willing to give up this fight”

“Peace in the struggle to find peace.. comfort on the way to comfort. And if I shed a tear I wont cage it I wont fear love. And if I feel a rage I wont deny it...I wont fear love.”

“Am I faithful, am I strong, am I good enough to belong? In your reverie of a perfect girl?”

“Youve been gone so long from all that you know. Its been shuffled aside as you bask in the glow. All the beauitful strangers who whisper your name, do they fill up the emptiness? Larger that life is your fiction, in a universe made upon one.”

“Why are there so many songs about ravens, and whats on the other side? Rainbows are visions, but only illusions. Rainbows have nothing to hide”

Were constantly being told what other people think we are, and thats why it is so important to know yourself.

I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.

Deep within Im shaken by the violence of existing for only you...

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. I blamed myself for a lot of things. It took me a very long time to get over it.

I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. Ive had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand.