“The petals of their lips don't have the thorn of bodies. (Les pétales de leur lèvres N'ont pas l'épine des corps)”
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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“Escape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate.”
― The Poems of Wilfred Owen
― The Poems of Wilfred Owen
“She has lived and loved! There is no folded petal, no latent dewdrop, in this perfectly developed rose!”
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“There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of continents. This is what has been called the "dialect of moss on stone - an interface of immensity and minute ness, of past and present, softness and hardness, stillness and vibrancy, yin and yan.”
― Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
― Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
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