“You return when you feel like it, like rain.
And like rain you are tender, with the rain's inept tenderness.
A passion so general I could be anywhere.
You carry me out into the wet air.
You lay me down on the leaves and the strong thing is not the sex,
But waking up alone under the tress after.”
―
And like rain you are tender, with the rain's inept tenderness.
A passion so general I could be anywhere.
You carry me out into the wet air.
You lay me down on the leaves and the strong thing is not the sex,
But waking up alone under the tress after.”
―
“Now I am an axolotl.”
― Blow-Up and Other Stories
― Blow-Up and Other Stories
“In the fight between you and reality, be discouraging.”
― Camera
― Camera
“She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
“You meet a new person, you go with him and suddenly you get a whole new city...you go down new streets, you see houses you never saw before, pass places you didn't even know were there. Everything changes.”
― Dhalgren
― Dhalgren
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