The Red Tent
by
If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows the details of her
...more
“there have been so many times
i have seen a man wanting to weep
but
instead
beat his heart until it was unconscious.”
―
i have seen a man wanting to weep
but
instead
beat his heart until it was unconscious.”
―
“Someone can be madly in love with you and still not be ready. They can love you in a way you have never been loved and still not join you on the bridge. And whatever their reasons you must leave. Because you never ever have to inspire anyone to meet you on the bridge. You never ever have to convince someone to do the work to be ready. There is more extraordinary love, more love that you have never seen, out here in this wide and wild universe. And there is the love that will be ready.”
―
―
“If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.”
―
―
“it is being honest
about
my pain
that
makes me invincible.”
―
about
my pain
that
makes me invincible.”
―
“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship. be what it is. it may be five mins. five hours. five days. five months. five years. a lifetime. five lifetimes. let it manifest itself the way it is meant to. it has an organic destiny. this way if it stays or if it leaves, you will be softer. from having been loved this authentically. souls come into. return. open. and sweep through your life for a myriad of reasons. let them be who. and what they are meant.”
―
―
Vicci’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vicci’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Vicci
Lists liked by Vicci


















































