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“Like any / unloved thing, I don’t know if I’m real /
when I’m not being touched.”
― Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines
when I’m not being touched.”
― Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines
“One thing in my defense, not that it matters: I know something Carter never knew, or Helene, or maybe you. I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“then the voice in my head said
WHETHER YOU LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE
OR LIVE IN DIVIDED CEASELESS
REVOLT AGAINST IT
WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE ”
― In the Western Night: Collected Poems, 1965-1990
WHETHER YOU LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE
OR LIVE IN DIVIDED CEASELESS
REVOLT AGAINST IT
WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE ”
― In the Western Night: Collected Poems, 1965-1990
“Close your eyes and let the mind expand. Let no fear of death or darkness arrest its course. Allow the mind to merge with Mind. Let it flow out upon the great curve of consciousness. Let it soar on the wings of the great bird of duration, up to the very Circle of Eternity.”
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“Many people live and die without ever confronting themselves in the darkness.”
― Her Body and Other Parties
― Her Body and Other Parties
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