Monthly Archives: November 2013

Francois de La Rochefoucauld says passion often makes fools of the wisest men…

“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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Sylvia Plath says I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed…

“I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. (I think I made you up inside my head.)” – Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems

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Judith Plaskow says if sexuality is one dimension of our ability to live passionately…

“If sexuality is one dimension of our ability to live passionately in the world then in cutting off our sexual feelings we diminish our overall power to feel know and value deeply.” – Judith Plaskow, Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from … Continue reading

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Ruth Etting sings I’ve traveled around, finally found somebody who…

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Nora Roberts says feeling too much is…

“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.” – Nora Roberts, Midnight Bayou

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Francesco Petrarca says love is bitter and sweet…

“I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.” – Francesco … Continue reading

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Annie Dillard says nothing moves a woman so deeply…

“Nothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves.” – Annie Dillard

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