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"Fucked up author. But really enjoyable book so far." — Dec 23, 2025 02:52PM
"Fucked up author. But really enjoyable book so far." — Dec 23, 2025 02:52PM
“It was her voice that made
The sky acutest at its vanishing.
She measured to the hour its solitude.
She was the single artificer of the world
In which she sang. And when she sang, the sea,
Whatever self it had, became the self
That was her song, for she was the maker. Then we,
As we beheld her striding there alone,
Knew that there never was a world for her
Except the one she sang and, singing, made.”
―
The sky acutest at its vanishing.
She measured to the hour its solitude.
She was the single artificer of the world
In which she sang. And when she sang, the sea,
Whatever self it had, became the self
That was her song, for she was the maker. Then we,
As we beheld her striding there alone,
Knew that there never was a world for her
Except the one she sang and, singing, made.”
―
“Last year nothing happened
The year before nothing happened
And the year before that nothing
happened.”
― The Setting Sun
The year before nothing happened
And the year before that nothing
happened.”
― The Setting Sun
“I so loved the nobility of your character, your wisdom, your chastity, your spirit, and indeed every aspect of your life that many people have said to me: What are you doing?”
― The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, Vol. 3
― The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, Vol. 3
“Creation, even when it is a mere outpouring from the heart, wishes to find a public. By definition, creation is sociable. Yet it can be satisfied with merely one single reader: an old friend, a lover.”
―
―
“Your voice is wild and simple.
You are untranslatable
Into any one tongue.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
You are untranslatable
Into any one tongue.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
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