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David Whyte says sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn…

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” – David Whyte, House of Belonging

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Roger de Bussy-Rabutin says absence is to love what wind is to fire…

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.” – Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

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Nicole Krauss says a part of you was drawn to her, and a part of you resisted…

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters in the dirt with a stick. Her hair was being pulled. Or she was pulling someone’s hair. And … Continue reading →

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