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“Because nothing could be taken from me, I thought, if I had already given it away.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“To look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“It's more than bones.
It's more than the delicate wrist with its personal pulse.
It's more than the beating of the single heart.
It's praising.
It's giving until the giving feels like receiving.
You have a life - just imagine that!
You have this day, and maybe another, and maybe still another.”
― Evidence: Poems
It's more than the delicate wrist with its personal pulse.
It's more than the beating of the single heart.
It's praising.
It's giving until the giving feels like receiving.
You have a life - just imagine that!
You have this day, and maybe another, and maybe still another.”
― Evidence: Poems
“tenderness depends on how little the world touches you.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“For me it was important to be alone; solitude was a prerequisite to being openly and joyfully susceptible and responsive to the world of leaves, light, birdsong, flowers, flowing water.”
― Upstream: Selected Essays
― Upstream: Selected Essays
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