Angie

“The Shell

The sea fills my ear
with sand and with fear.

You may wash out the sand,
but never the sound
of the ghost of the sea
that is haunting me.”
― Ted Hughes, The Mermaid's Purse: Poems by Ted Hughes

“But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.”
― William Shakespeare

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Ted Hughes, Letters of Ted Hughes

“Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.”
― Rembrandt Van Rijn