“He had never seen her body so abandoned, so unconscious of all but the desire to be taken and satisfied. She bloomed under his caresses, no longer the girl but the woman already being born.”
― Little Birds
― Little Birds
“I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, not what should be, not what ought to be, not what once was.
Only the is.”
― Lust & Wonder
Only the is.”
― Lust & Wonder
“You
are the poem
I never knew
how to write
and this life
is the story
I have always
wanted
to tell.”
― Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series
are the poem
I never knew
how to write
and this life
is the story
I have always
wanted
to tell.”
― Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series
“The other thing is slightly out of the blue. I love you, is the thing. And I mean love love, not love you, bro. I mean, I am in love with you, and it’s an eye-color kind of love, unchangeable and bright. I know this must be somewhat shocking (appalling?) to you, because you’ve never given any indication that you felt anything but professional agent friendliness for me, but I have felt much more for so long it’s possibly caused me brain damage. Also, I am certain you love me, too. Or at least mostly certain. Or at least I hope.”
― Lust & Wonder
― Lust & Wonder
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