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They seemed, in view of the foolish, to be dead;
    and their passing away was thought an affliction
    and their going forth from us, utter destruction.
But they are in peace.

"I'd move on, but I know you'll need me someday;
I'd roll on, but I know you'll need me someday."

Excuses.

"Boats are female for Walter, as are busted car engines and broken lamps and radios -- items of any kind that can be fiddled with by men adroit with gadgetry, and restored to a condition as good as new. Why do I find this reassuring? Perhaps I believe, in some childish, faith-filled corner of myself, that Walter might yet take out his pliers and ( Read more... )

"Don't be discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

"Her hair could have caught fire if she'd tried to light her cigarette on the stove. It'd happened before. She lost her bangs once, half of them anyway. She'd dipped her head down low over the blue flame, cigarette protruding, cheeks puffing, smoke rising. And then her bangs caught fire. She'd leapt back and laughed, smashing at her forehead with ( Read more... )

Seule la lumière pourrait

Défaire nos repères secrets

Où mes doigts pris sur tes poignets

Je t’aimais, je t’aime, et je t’aimerai

Quoi que tu fasses,

L’amour est partout où tu regardes

"Doubt thou that the stars are fire;
Doubt thou that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt that I love."

"Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love."

If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.

If only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
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