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Michael Forrester
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“A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.”
― Stairs to the Roof
― Stairs to the Roof
“i will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers
I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness
in the sleeping curves of my body”
―
till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers
I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness
in the sleeping curves of my body”
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“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.”
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“As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I approach, it bestirs itself & moves deeper into the thorny swamp of dissent.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
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