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“You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.”
― The Prophet
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.”
― The Prophet

“You still do that thing, you know,â€� she said.
“What thing?� He raised an eyebrow.
Miranda smiled. “That thing where you say what I’m thinking. That thing.�
“Oh,â€� Bryan began, “I suppose it comes from years of having to read your mind to figure out what was going on in there.â€� He folded his arms across his chest. “Your turn.”
― Delirium
“What thing?� He raised an eyebrow.
Miranda smiled. “That thing where you say what I’m thinking. That thing.�
“Oh,â€� Bryan began, “I suppose it comes from years of having to read your mind to figure out what was going on in there.â€� He folded his arms across his chest. “Your turn.”
― Delirium

“for you to see beauty here
does not mean
there is beauty in me
it means there is beauty rooted
so deep within you
you can't help but
see it everywhere”
― Milk and honey
does not mean
there is beauty in me
it means there is beauty rooted
so deep within you
you can't help but
see it everywhere”
― Milk and honey

“I want to live with deep intimacy every day of my life. I am guided, sometimes driven, by an ache to take the necessary risks that will let me live close to what is within and around me. And I am sometimes afraid that it will be too much, that I will not have, or be connected to, whatever it takes to be with it all, to bear the exquisite beauty and bone-wrenching sorrow of being fully alive.”
― The Invitation
― The Invitation
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