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“Isn't it worth missing whatever joy / you might have dreamed, to wake in the night and find / you and your beloved are holding hands in your sleep?”
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“It was only the sea sounding weary
After so many lifetimes
Of pretending to be rushing off somewhere
And never getting anywhere.”
― The Voice At 3:00 A.m.: Selected Late and New Poems – A National Book Award Nominee's Brilliant Imagery and Sardonic Wit
After so many lifetimes
Of pretending to be rushing off somewhere
And never getting anywhere.”
― The Voice At 3:00 A.m.: Selected Late and New Poems – A National Book Award Nominee's Brilliant Imagery and Sardonic Wit
“Why bother getting married, going through all the pomp and pageantry, if you didn't think it was going to last? It was far easier to live in sin and not have to deal with the paperwork.”
― Modern Lovers
― Modern Lovers
“The bud
stands for all things,
even for those things that don’t flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing”
― Three Books: Body Rags; Mortal Acts, Mortal Words; The Past
stands for all things,
even for those things that don’t flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing”
― Three Books: Body Rags; Mortal Acts, Mortal Words; The Past
Shruti’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shruti’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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