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alyssa
is on page 32 of 82
“As though his subject now
was his true self,
which of course was as dark and secret
as anyone else’s,
and it was too hard—
perhaps you understand—
to speak or to sing it
to anything or anyone
but the sky.”
The Mockingbird is one of my favorites ;-;
— Sep 04, 2025 11:09AM
was his true self,
which of course was as dark and secret
as anyone else’s,
and it was too hard—
perhaps you understand—
to speak or to sing it
to anything or anyone
but the sky.”
The Mockingbird is one of my favorites ;-;
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alyssa
is on page 61 of 82
“His voice is deep,
then he lifts it until it seems
to fall from the sky.
I am thrilled.
I am grateful.”
— Sep 04, 2025 11:28AM
then he lifts it until it seems
to fall from the sky.
I am thrilled.
I am grateful.”
alyssa
is on page 33 of 82
“And I suggest them to you also, that your spirit grow in curiosity, that your life be richer than it is, that you bow to the earth as you feel how it actually is, that we—so clever, and ambitious, and selfish, and unrestrained—are only one design of the moving, the vivacious many.”
— Sep 04, 2025 11:11AM
alyssa
is on page 25 of 82
“The vivacity of what was is married
to the vitality of what will be?
I don’t say
it’s easy, but
what else will do
if the love one claims to have for the world
be true?”
— Sep 04, 2025 11:04AM
to the vitality of what will be?
I don’t say
it’s easy, but
what else will do
if the love one claims to have for the world
be true?”
alyssa
is on page 25 of 82
The first time Percy came back is one of my favorite poems of Miss Oliver’s 😭💛
— Sep 03, 2025 01:46PM
alyssa
is on page 22 of 82
“For some things
there are no wrong reasons.
Which is what I dream of for me.”
— Sep 03, 2025 01:45PM
there are no wrong reasons.
Which is what I dream of for me.”
alyssa
is on page 15 of 82
“The one world
we all belong to
where everything
sooner or later
is a part of everything else
which thought made me feel
for a little while
quite beautiful myself.”
— Sep 03, 2025 01:44PM
we all belong to
where everything
sooner or later
is a part of everything else
which thought made me feel
for a little while
quite beautiful myself.”
alyssa
is on page 14 of 82
“You fuss over life with your clever
words, mulling and chewing on its meaning, while
we just live it.
Could anyone figure it out, to a finality? So
why spend so much time trying. You fuss, we live.”
— Sep 03, 2025 01:42PM
words, mulling and chewing on its meaning, while
we just live it.
Could anyone figure it out, to a finality? So
why spend so much time trying. You fuss, we live.”
alyssa
is on page 5 of 82
“I’m half crazy with the wonder
of it—the abundance of the leaves, the
quietness of the branches, the hopelessness
of my effort. And I am in that delicious
and important place, roaring with laughter,
full of earth-praise.”
— Sep 03, 2025 01:41PM
of it—the abundance of the leaves, the
quietness of the branches, the hopelessness
of my effort. And I am in that delicious
and important place, roaring with laughter,
full of earth-praise.”
