“Heart, we will forget him!
You and I, to-night!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.
When you have done, pray tell me,
That I my thoughts may dim;
Haste! lest while you’re lagging,
I may remember him!”
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
You and I, to-night!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.
When you have done, pray tell me,
That I my thoughts may dim;
Haste! lest while you’re lagging,
I may remember him!”
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
“I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody crescent moon on the top of the beer can.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I think,” Jace said, “that you don’t want to tell your secrets, so you decided to break up with Alec because...”
― City of Heavenly Fire
― City of Heavenly Fire
“It is good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good too. It fattens the emotions and makes them to stretch. When as a woman life and people disappoint her, she will have had practice in disappointment and it will not come so hard. In teaching your child do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.”
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Jacqueline’s 2025 Year in Books
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