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“Because you could not master whatever enmeshed you
you became its slave -
You learned this bitterly, early. In order not to become its slave
you had to become its master.
You became its master.
Even as master, of course, you remain its slave.”
― Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
you became its slave -
You learned this bitterly, early. In order not to become its slave
you had to become its master.
You became its master.
Even as master, of course, you remain its slave.”
― Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
“I have launched myself from tall places and hoped no one would catch me.
I have ended relationships because suddenly I was also exposed, but isolation is not safety, it is death.
If no one knows you're alive, you aren't.”
―
I have ended relationships because suddenly I was also exposed, but isolation is not safety, it is death.
If no one knows you're alive, you aren't.”
―
“What were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“It was a long time ago. It doesn’t matter anymore. And yet I cannot let it go. I cannot let it go.”
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“Between you and him there are chasms. He and I are closer than friends. We are enemies linked together. The same sin binds us.”
― An Ideal Husband
― An Ideal Husband
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