“There was no aphrodisiac more powerful than talking, no seduction more effective than curiosity.”
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“It's okay if some things
are always out of reach.
If you could carry all the stars
in the palm of your hand,
they wouldn't be
half as breathtaking”
― Light Filters in: Poems
are always out of reach.
If you could carry all the stars
in the palm of your hand,
they wouldn't be
half as breathtaking”
― Light Filters in: Poems
“Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. The pain that is thrust upon us let no man slow or speed or fix.”
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
“Once again I come upon his famous definition of love: two solitudes that protect and border and greet each other.”
― The Friend
― The Friend
“Consider rereading, how risky it is, especially when the book is one that you loved. Always the chance that it won't hold up, that you might, for whatever reason, not love it as much. When this happens, and to me it happens all the time (and more and more as I get older), the effect is so disheartening that I now open old favorites warily.”
― The Friend
― The Friend
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