“Why do I care about all the wrong things, and nothing at all for the right ones? Or, to tip it another way: how can I see so clearly that everything I love or care about is illusion, and yet - for me, anyway - all that's worth living for lies in that charm?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“We are made of all those who have built and broken us.”
― Love Her Wild
― Love Her Wild
“Thing were falling apart. We just could not slow down. We were evolving into something greater, perhaps too much for our own good. And one thing always remained as I moved on. I saved a little bit of love just in case you would ever return home.”
― Beautiful Chaos
― Beautiful Chaos
“I suppose you do love me, in your way,” I said to him one night close to dawn when we lay on the narrow bed. “And how else should I love you —in your way?” he asked. I am still thinking about that.”
― Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
― Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
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