To sustain an élan toward the other, there must be a synapse to cross. Eroticism requires separateness. In other words, eroticism thrives in the space between the self and the other. In order to commune with the one we love, we must be able
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“Emotional reasoning is a thought bias that leads us to use what we feel as evidence for something to be true, even when there might be plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise. For”
― Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
― Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
“Each of us is many persons. To me I’m who I think I am, But others see me differently And are equally mistaken. “Don’t dream me into someone else But leave me alone, in peace! If I don’t want to find myself Should I want others to find me?” Fernando Pessoa SONGBOOK (1930)”
― Rosarita
― Rosarita
“She slips her hand into his, as though that’s the most natural thing in the world. Once outside, she releases him. He feels his soul slipping off its mooring, leaving him adrift without sail or map.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“Just because someone breaks your heart doesn’t mean you stop having feelings for them.”
― Don't Open Your Eyes
― Don't Open Your Eyes
“And though she doesn’t know it, she’s captured his burning and naked need to be home.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
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