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The Reef

by Edith Wharton

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“I am tired of having hands
she said
I want wings —

But what will you do without your hands
to be human?

I am tired of human
she said
I want to live on the sun —”
― Louise Glück, Averno

tags: human, liberty, sun, wings

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“Need was Adam’s baseline, his resting pulse. Love was a privilege. Adam was privileged; he did not want to give it up. He wanted to remember again and again how it felt.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

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“death cannot harm me
more than you have harmed me,
my beloved life.”
― Louise Glück, Averno

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“You said I killed you-haunt me, then! [...] Be with me always-take any form-drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”
― Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

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“They say
there is a rift in the human soul
which was not constructed to belong
entirely to life.”
― Louise Glück, Averno

tags: belonging, life, poem, poetry, soul

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