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“Move. Get going. Blessed is he who leaves.”
― Flights
― Flights
“& remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world.”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
“My brother once showed me a piece of quartz that contained, he said, some trapped water older than all the seas in our world. He held it up to my ear. ‘Listen,’ he said, ‘life and no escape.”
― Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
― Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
“Yes, I deserve a spring–I owe nobody nothing.”
― A Writer's Diary
― A Writer's Diary
“I treat myself like I would my daughter. I brush her hair, wash her laundry, tuck her in goodnight. Most importantly, I feed her. I do not punish her. I do not berate her, leave tears staining her face. I do not leave her alone. I know she deserves more. I know I deserve more.”
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