“A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
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“It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.”
― April Lady
― April Lady
“You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!”
― Powder and Patch
― Powder and Patch
“There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.”
― Venetia
― Venetia
Kristen’s 2025 Year in Books
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