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“Ram asks Hanuman, “Who are you, Hanuman?” Hanuman answers, “When I don’t know who I am, I serve you. When I know who I am, I am you.”
― Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness
― Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness
“I’m not trying to argue that all effort is fairly rewarded, but if there is a God in heaven, was it asking too much to let me glimpse a sign? Was it too much to expect a little kindness?”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Born To Run, Natural Born Heroes 3 Books Collection Set
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Born To Run, Natural Born Heroes 3 Books Collection Set
“What is desire? Desire is a restaurant. Desire is watching you eat. Desire is pouring wine for you. Desire is looking at the menu and wondering what it would be like to kiss you. Desire is the surprise of your skin. Look - in between us now are the props of ordinary life - glasses, knives, cloths, Time has been here before. History has had you - and me too. My hand has brushed against yours for centuries. The props change, but not this. Not this single naked wanting you.”
― Two Stories
― Two Stories
“Boys with hands in pockets, waiting for everything to begin”
― The Great Believers
― The Great Believers
“your father left. when you were in
the womb.
took his blood. and walked out the door.
while you were in the house of your mother.
in the house of your mother.
took his blood. when you needed it most.
if he could keep searching his hands. in the midst of your creation.
could hear you forming on your mother’s life. on his life. and
gather all his feet in secret.
all the other wild adventures of missing. he would drag you
through. would only ever be this wound.
over and over and over again.
your father left. when you were in the womb.
took his blood. and walked out the door.
it would be the first and final. of all the leavings.
— all the leavings”
― Nejma
the womb.
took his blood. and walked out the door.
while you were in the house of your mother.
in the house of your mother.
took his blood. when you needed it most.
if he could keep searching his hands. in the midst of your creation.
could hear you forming on your mother’s life. on his life. and
gather all his feet in secret.
all the other wild adventures of missing. he would drag you
through. would only ever be this wound.
over and over and over again.
your father left. when you were in the womb.
took his blood. and walked out the door.
it would be the first and final. of all the leavings.
— all the leavings”
― Nejma
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Valery’s 2025 Year in Books
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