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“There is no greater remedy for the heart, nor sweeter comedy for the soul, than the company of an old friend.”
― Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected
― Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected
“It is a mere exchange of calendars. If you are not new, It is not new.”
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“Lament is not anti-hope. It's not even a stepping-stone to hope.
Lament itself is a form of hope. It's an innate awareness that what is should not be. As if something is written on our hearts that tells us exactly what we are meant for, and whenever confronted with something contrary to this, we experience a crumbling. And in the rubble, we say, God, you promised. We ask, Why?”
― This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
Lament itself is a form of hope. It's an innate awareness that what is should not be. As if something is written on our hearts that tells us exactly what we are meant for, and whenever confronted with something contrary to this, we experience a crumbling. And in the rubble, we say, God, you promised. We ask, Why?”
― This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
“The secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.... Promise me, kid,...that you'll let yourself live.”
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
“…because stories last much longer than we do. Our stories are how we will be remembered – so we’ve got to make sure they are worth telling.”
― Tilly and the Bookwanderers
― Tilly and the Bookwanderers
Desi’s 2024 Year in Books
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