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Jefferson Long

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Born

in Germany

Website

https://jeffersonlong.carrd.co/

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Psychology

Influences

William Shakespeare, John Keats, Georg Trakl, Max Frisch, Albert Camus

Member Since

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My name isn't Jefferson Long. That is a pen name, obviously. I will not tell you my real name, which is my attempt to keep some professional distance between myself and my writing. It is failing, by the way. You might mock the name choice, and rightfully so. The name came to me a long time ago (pun) and somehow stuck. I have to live with that.

I was born and raised in Germany, studied history, literature and media at a German university, and worked as a professional photographer with my own studio, consulting other photographers, and in education. I also worked with different artists, some of whom influenced me more than others, like Sabine Kacunko, whose black-and-white aesthetics definitely influenced me, and Joachim Stork, whose personali ...more

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“Sometimes the memory of you is like a fading patch of sunlight between the trees in my garden.
I watch you sleeping until I realize you’re only in my thoughts.”
― Jefferson Long, Going South: A Tragedy of Love and Self-Deception

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“And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.”
― Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger

tags: grief, mourning, moving-on, sadness

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“I barely knew I had skin before I met you.”
― Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

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“Forgive before they do, and nothing can get to you.”
― Matthew Edward Hall

tags: acceptance, anxiety, compassion, forgiveness, healing, inspirational, liberation, peace, resilience, trauma

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“Blacks aren't bigger, it's documented in their tribal photos. (The quote that end's anti-Black racism)”
― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine