“An ironic revelation of the television-computer age is that what people want from machines is humanity: stories, contact, and interaction.”
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“At the skin, my blood calls out to
your heart, my whole sky craves
an island of tenderness.
My rivers tilt towards you.”
― Selected Poems
your heart, my whole sky craves
an island of tenderness.
My rivers tilt towards you.”
― Selected Poems
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― The Girls
“I waited to be told what was good about me. [...] All that time I had spent readying myself, the articles that taught me life was really just a waiting room until someone noticed you- the boys had spent that time becoming themselves.”
― The Girls
― The Girls
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