Monthly Archives: November 2013

Paul Simon sings you and me were such good friends…

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James Baldwin says everyone wishes to be loved…

“Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.” – James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone

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Banana Yoshimoto says this is what it means to be loved…

“This is what it means to be loved… when someone wants to touch you, to be tender…” – Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake

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Robyn Donald says tenderness was a different story…

“Falling in love was easy-when romantic attraction was combined with hungry, unsated desire, they formed a glamorous, glittering bauble as fragile as it was alluring, a bauble that could shatter as soon as it was grasped. Tenderness was a different … Continue reading

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Melody Beattie says you don’t blast a heart open…

“You don’t blast a heart open,” she said. “You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.” – Melody Beattie, The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take

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Orson Scott Card says I think it’s impossible…

“I think it’s impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.” – Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

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Craig Ferguson says laughter separates us from despair…

“Laughter separates us from despair, and gives us a chance at love.” – Craig Ferguson

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