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Once I could imagine my soulI could imagine my death.When I imagined my deathmy soul died. ThisI remember clearly.My body persisted.Not thrived, but persisted.Why I do not know.
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Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.
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You’re not a creature in body.You exist as the stars exist,participating in their stillness, their immensity.
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thingsthat can't movelearn to see
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You have to live your life if you’re going to do original work. Your work will come out of an authentic life ...
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O pitiful, so needingGod's furious love---[from 'Nocturne']
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Look at her, touching his cheekto make a truce, her fingerscool with spring rain;in thin grass, bursts of purple crocus—even here, even at the beginning of love,her hand leaving his face makesan image of departureand they thinkthey are free to overlookthis sadness.
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To say I’m without fear–it wouldn’t be true.I’m afraid of sickness, humiliation.Like anyone, I have my dreams.But I’ve learned to hide them,to protect myselffrom fulfillment: all happiness attracts the Fates’ anger.They are sisters, savages–in the end, they haveno emotion but envy.— 'Confession
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As for her mother's tears: ridiculous, and yetmothers weep at their daughters' weddings,everyone knows that, thoughfor whose youth one cannot say.[from 'Morning']
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