“Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished payoffs--what were the chances of finding anyone else seeking to transcend that, and not even particularly aware of it?”
― Against the Day
― Against the Day
“I did best when I had least truth for my subjects.”
― The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
― The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
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“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”
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“Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.”
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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