“Multiple studies have shown, for instance, that heterosexual women who are married and have children do not live as long as women who are single and childless. Why? Because women give themselves to death.”
― All the Way to the River
― All the Way to the River
“True love always liberates the beloved,”
― All the Way to the River
― All the Way to the River
“This is Kriah. People like us, we rend our clothing so that everyone knows there is a matching tear inside our hearts.”
― By Any Other Name
― By Any Other Name
“That’s the thing about your own grief. No one can ever know it but you.”
― The Impossible Fortune
― The Impossible Fortune
“Our famished yearning for love is the great yawning chasm that we keep trying to fill with other things—”
― All the Way to the River
― All the Way to the River
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