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“come back
believer in shade
believer in silence and elegance
believer in ferns
believer in patience
believer in the rain”
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believer in shade
believer in silence and elegance
believer in ferns
believer in patience
believer in the rain”
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“He wanted me to come home--to come home, as he said, and settle down, and whenever he said that I thought of the sediment at the bottom of a stagnant pond.”
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“If self is a location, so is love:
Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points,
Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance,
Here and there and now and then, a stance.”
― District and Circle
Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points,
Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance,
Here and there and now and then, a stance.”
― District and Circle
“The fixed is the world without fire- dead flint, dead tinder, and nowhere a spark. It is motion without direction, force without power, the aimless procession of caterpillars round the rim of a vase, and I hate it because at any moment I myself might step to that charmed and glistening thread.”
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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