Emily DePaolo
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"i think i’m in love with this
“it’s love, mr. stoner” … “you are in love. it’s as simple as that” WHY DIDNT I GO INTO THE ARTS/ACADEMIA OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
getting very much letters to a young poet by rilke vibes." — Mar 31, 2026 03:12PM
"i think i’m in love with this
“it’s love, mr. stoner” … “you are in love. it’s as simple as that” WHY DIDNT I GO INTO THE ARTS/ACADEMIA OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
getting very much letters to a young poet by rilke vibes." — Mar 31, 2026 03:12PM
The act of seeing is no small thing. To see something is to be possessed by it. Sometimes it carries off a part of you, sometimes it’s your whole soul. At some point in the past, someone reading this book had felt moved to take a pen and
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“At lunchtime I bought a huge orange
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park
This is peace and contentment. It's new.
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all my jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I'm glad I exist.”
― Serious Concerns
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park
This is peace and contentment. It's new.
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all my jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I'm glad I exist.”
― Serious Concerns
“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
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“Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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