“That's what love does/ It chases the dragons away/ before their claws can sink in.” — Toby Barlow Dragons Copy Share Image
There's so much we can learn from dogs to become better humans. — Toby Barlow Animal Copy Share Image
“There are two things that make the conscious world move, decision and desire.” — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“Knowing someone isn't coming back doesn't mean you ever stop waiting” — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“he knows that it's impossible to tell a wolf from a man if he keeps his chin up and his teeth clean.” — Toby Barlow Lion Copy Share Image
“Call him Judas if you want but he did it for reasons much older than silver.” — Toby Barlow Judas Copy Share Image
A lot of people, when you ask if they want to read your epic poem, start bolting for the door. — Toby Barlow Epic Copy Share Image
“It is the oldest and most simple curse on earth, and when properly applied, no cure can be found. Some might call… — Toby Barlow Curse Copy Share Image
“Days grow hotter and life grows shorter. Time is somehow running out. She flips her pillow so she won't have to sleep… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“The secret must stay and- according to scientists- the love will live. The heart is quite comfortable with secrets. After all, its… — Toby Barlow Heart Copy Share Image
“You either trust or you distrust coincidence. It 's either small doses of magic pulling you to your appointed destiny or the… — Toby Barlow Coincidence Copy Share Image
“There in that embrace, she feels something shuffling around, moving warily fumbling through the dusty rooms of her heart, and, one by… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“The theory is simple. Every boy, every man, is really a bit of a golden retriever or a big chocolate Lab. Watch… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“You take a shower, your head is up, far away from everything, lost in the clouds, but down in the tub, man,… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
I think that dogs accept that they can live together and not understand one another, and I think that we somehow always… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“Everyone is always looking in the wrong direction, we worry about our lovers while losing our jobs we stress out about cancer… — Toby Barlow Children Copy Share Image
“She would say 'Bucket moon' he would answer 'Ladle moon.' Night after night sky revealed a bitten moon, a butcher's moon, an… — Toby Barlow Moon Copy Share Image
“As she stared at the ceiling that first night her body softly falling back into itself, she thought of how we dream… — Toby Barlow Love Copy Share Image
“... she suspected Oliver only wanted some token acknowledgment that despite her moving on, their exchange had not been completely superficial. She… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“... she tried to avoid his gaze but he held her steady and would not look away, Finally her eyes spoke to… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
“This is all we are at our best, he thought, tiny instances accumulating up into a greater whole. There is noting magnificent… — Toby Barlow Focus Copy Share Image
“Like so much of the trouble in the world it ends simply with exhaustion.” — Toby Barlow Exhaustion Copy Share Image
“Each dog marks a section of our lives, and in the end, we feed them to the dark, burying them there while… — Toby Barlow Animal Copy Share Image
“Immediately he surprised her, for she like the way he kissed, like a man who wanted to swallow life.” — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
I think when Aristotle said that man is a political animal, he was really saying that man is a pack animal. — Toby Barlow Animal Copy Share Image
“Some things don't pass, the injuries don't heal they merely find a place in our guts and in our bones where they… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
L.A. is a strange town at night. Everyone in L.A. goes to sleep really early, because they have to get up to… — Toby Barlow East coast Copy Share Image
“And were you cornered by her, eye to eye, you would see that there are still some watchful creatures whose essence lies… — Toby Barlow Eye to eye Copy Share Image
“Blood, fat, marrow, grease, sinew, muscle, guts, hide, fur, sleep They may twitch in their dreams when they sleep but they sleep… — Toby Barlow Dreams Copy Share Image
“Yes, liquor is the thin white coat of paint you wash over the cracks in your foundation. Makes any rotten house livable… — Toby Barlow Copy Share Image
