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John Steinbecks writes to his son: nothing good gets away…
New York November 10, 1958 Dear Thom: We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers. First — if you are in love — that’s a good … Continue reading
Dorothy Parker says love is like quicksilver in the hand…
“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.” – Dorothy Parker
Sylvia Plath says yes, I was infatuated with you…
“Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn’t stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, … Continue reading
Saul Bellow says one must bear in mind the odd angle or slant…
“One must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine.” – Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift
Jane Fonda says allow me to clarify…
“Perhaps you think that by intimacy I mean sex, so allow me to clarify. Sex can be intimate but isn’t necessarily so; sometimes it’s just the pleasurable stimulation of genitalia. By intimacy I mean an attunement between two people who, … Continue reading
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John Updike says it is easy to love people in memory…
“It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.” – John Updike, My Father’s Tears and Other Stories
Walker Percy says music ransoms us from the past…
“What needs to be discharged is the intolerable tenderness of the past, the past gone and grieved over and never made sense of. Music ransoms us from the past, declares an amnesty, brackets and sets aside the old puzzles. Sing … Continue reading