“To learn by heart is to learn
By hurt—grief inscribing
Its wisdom in the soft tissue.
Song you sing, poem you are—
Finger moving, precise
As a phonograph needle,
Along the groove of scar.”
― How Beautiful the Beloved
By hurt—grief inscribing
Its wisdom in the soft tissue.
Song you sing, poem you are—
Finger moving, precise
As a phonograph needle,
Along the groove of scar.”
― How Beautiful the Beloved
“You know, and so, I've come to this belief that, if you show me a woman who can sit with a man in real vulnerability, in deep fear, and be with him in it, I will show you a woman who, A, has done her work and, B, does not derive her power from that man. And if you show me a man who can sit with a woman in deep struggle and vulnerability and not try to fix it, but just hear her and be with her and hold space for it, I'll show you a guy who's done his work and a man who doesn't derive his power from controlling and fixing everything.”
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