“Dear Forgiveness, I saved a plate for you.
Quit milling around the yard and come inside.”
―
Quit milling around the yard and come inside.”
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“Maybe I should have wanted less. Maybe I should have ignored the bowl in me burning to be filled.
Maybe I should have wanted less.”
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Maybe I should have wanted less.”
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“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
“HAMLET MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY. BUT OPHELIA DESERVED A COMEDY”
― Ophelia After All
― Ophelia After All
“I need you to know: I hated that I needed more than this from him. There is nothing more humiliating to me than my own desires. Nothing that makes me hate myself more than being burdensome and less than self-sufficient. I did not want to feel like the kind of nagging woman who might exist in a sit-com.”
― The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
― The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
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