“Theseus: Stop. Give me your hand. I am your friend.
Herakles: I fear to stain your clothes with blood.
Theseus: Stain them, I don't care.”
― Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
Herakles: I fear to stain your clothes with blood.
Theseus: Stain them, I don't care.”
― Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
“Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.”
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“You are worth finding. Worth knowing. Worth loving. You and all your one million layers. Always hold that close.”
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“People—People.—Phone.—Phone.—Endless. And I am so tired.—And I would like to sleep under trees—Red ones—Blue ones—Swirling passionate ones—”
― My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
― My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
“What if you are the last one standing when others have left the concert, the theater, the crime-addled city, the busted love affair? What if you look for a sign and a sign doesn’t come. Or a sign comes but you miss it. What if you have to make a decision on your own and it feels like a body blow, falling back on yourself.”
― Sing to It: New Stories
― Sing to It: New Stories
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