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“I love the piece of earth you are,
because in all the planetary prairies
I do not have another star. You repeat
the multiplication of the universe.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
because in all the planetary prairies
I do not have another star. You repeat
the multiplication of the universe.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“Perfection is shallow, unreal, and fatally uninteresting.”
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“And that's why i have to go back
to so many places
there to find myself
and constantly examine myself
with no witness but the moon
and then whistle with joy,
ambling over rocks and clods of earth,
with no task but to live,
with no family but the road.”
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to so many places
there to find myself
and constantly examine myself
with no witness but the moon
and then whistle with joy,
ambling over rocks and clods of earth,
with no task but to live,
with no family but the road.”
―
“Peel your heart like a pomegranate.
Offer it to him, palms outwards.
Say “eat.” Watch him come away
stained red by you.
You’re in his teeth. He’ll kiss you with that mouth.”
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Offer it to him, palms outwards.
Say “eat.” Watch him come away
stained red by you.
You’re in his teeth. He’ll kiss you with that mouth.”
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