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“Was this my proudest moment? No. I was not my best self that night. I gave all the fucks, I thought. Why was I the one giving all the fucks? Where were his fucks?”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
“I stand at the window looking out, trying to remember the truths that nature always brings home. That what lies before me is not all
there is. That time is ever passing, and not only when I notice. That strife and pain are no more unexpected than pleasure and joy. That merely by breathing I belong to the eternal.”
― The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
there is. That time is ever passing, and not only when I notice. That strife and pain are no more unexpected than pleasure and joy. That merely by breathing I belong to the eternal.”
― The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
“It was completely illogical: as if part of me wanted him back, and part of me wanted him to disappear, and nothing in between would do. Or: I wanted my husband back, and I wanted the stranger he'd become to disappear.”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
“The thing about birds: If we knew nothing of jays or wrens or sparrows, we'd believe the trees were singing, as if each tree has its own song.
The thing about this life: If we knew nothing of what was missing, what has been removed, it would look full and beautiful.”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
The thing about this life: If we knew nothing of what was missing, what has been removed, it would look full and beautiful.”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
“BRIDE How long have I been wed to myself? Calling myself darling, dressing for my own pleasure, each morning choosing perfume to turn me on. How long have I been alone in this house but not alone? Married less to the man than to the woman silvering with the mirror. I know the kind of wife I need and I become her: the one who will leave this earth at the same instant I do. I am my own bride, lifting the veil to see my face. Darling, I say, I have waited for you all my life.”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
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