It is the tenderness that breaks our hearts. The loveliness that leaves us stranded on the shore, watching the boats sail away. It is the sweetness that makes us want to reach out and touch the soft skin of another person. And it is the grace that comes to us, undeserving though we may be.
— Robert Goolrick
- I’m A Writer More Than I Am A TalkerFor any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless. — Wendell Berry The only time I’ve… Read more: I’m A Writer More Than I Am A Talker
- For A Time I Rest In The Grace Of The World And Am FreeThe fertility cycle is a cycle entirely of living creatures passing again and again through birth, growth, maturity, death, and… Read more: For A Time I Rest In The Grace Of The World And Am Free
- There’s A Good Possibility That You Won’t Get What You Pray ForThis, I thought, is what is meant by ‘thy will be done’ in the Lord’s Prayer, which I had prayed… Read more: There’s A Good Possibility That You Won’t Get What You Pray For
- I Know You Are There By How Often I Feel Your AbsenceI know You are there by how often I feel Your absence, not at all like abandonment, not wholly like… Read more: I Know You Are There By How Often I Feel Your Absence
- To Love Is Not About MergingTo love is not about merging. It is a noble calling for the individual to ripen, to differentiate, to become… Read more: To Love Is Not About Merging
- Infinite Distances Continue To Exist Even Between The Closest Of Human BeingsOnce the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living… Read more: Infinite Distances Continue To Exist Even Between The Closest Of Human Beings
- To Be Loved Means To Be ConsumedTo be loved means to be consumed. To love is to give light with inexhaustible oil. To be loved is… Read more: To Be Loved Means To Be Consumed
- I Have Done Nothing All Summer But Wait For Myself To Be Myself AgainI have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again. — Georgia O’Keeffe I found I… Read more: I Have Done Nothing All Summer But Wait For Myself To Be Myself Again
- Empathy Is A GiftEmpathy is a gift But Darkness is a choice. —Unknown
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- I Said Take Me Seriously
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- I Make Landscapes Out Of What I FeelI make landscapes out of what I feel. I make holidays of my sensations. I can easily understand women who… Read more: I Make Landscapes Out Of What I Feel