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John Updike says it is easy to love people in memory…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Attempted Love

“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

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Ella Fitzgerald sings I’ll do my best to make him stay…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Attempted Love
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Walker Percy says music ransoms us from the past…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Attempted Love

“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 →

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Paul Theroux says I think that love isn’t what you think it is…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Attempted Love

“I think that love isn’t what you think it is when you’re in your twenties or even thirties.” – Paul Theroux

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Norman Mailer says no heart is so hard…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Attempted Love

“No heart is so hard as the timid heart.”  – Norman Mailer, The Gospel According to the Son

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Virginia Woolf says they went in and out of each other’s minds…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Attempted Love

“They went in and out of each other’s minds without any effort.”  – Virginia Woolf

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Dylan Thomas says I love you so much I’ll never be able to tell you…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Attempted Love

“I love you so much I’ll never be able to tell you; I’m frightened to tell you. I can always feel your heart. Dance tunes are always right: I love you body and soul: —and I suppose body means that … Continue reading →

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