“Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye. ”
― The Goose Girl
― The Goose Girl
“Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.”
― Book of a Thousand Days
― Book of a Thousand Days
“I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.”
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“What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in your hand
Ah, what then?”
― The Complete Poems
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in your hand
Ah, what then?”
― The Complete Poems
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Autumn Leaves
― Autumn Leaves
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