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“We opened our eyes and turned in bed to take a good look at each other. We both knew it then. We'd reached the end of something, and the thing was to find out where new to start.”
― What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
― What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
“the centre of every poem is this:
The centre of every poem is this:
I have loved you. I have had to deal with that.
— Salma Deera, Letters from Medea (2015)”
― Letters From Medea
The centre of every poem is this:
I have loved you. I have had to deal with that.
— Salma Deera, Letters from Medea (2015)”
― Letters From Medea
“Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“There is a moment, a cusp, when the sum of gathered experience is worn down by the details of living. We are never so wise as when we live in this moment.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“The work of preservation demands that the feelings playing about in one's guts not be turned into action. Just watch their passing like cherry blossoms.”
― The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
― The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
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jen’s 2024 Year in Books
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