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Jane Hirshfield says you may do this, I tell you, it is permitted…

“You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.” – Jane Hirshfield, The Lives of the Heart

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John Fowles says just those three words, said and meant…

“Just those three words, said and meant. I love you. They were quite hopeless. He said it as he might have said, I have cancer. His fairy story.” – John Fowles, The Collector

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Cheryl Strayed says the story of human intimacy is…

“The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.”  – Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear … Continue reading

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Aminatta Forna says there’s nothing new about this story of ours…

“There’s nothing new about this story of ours, such things happen. Love misses its mark, arrives too early or too late. ” – Aminatta Forna, The Hired Man

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Helen Hayes says the story of a love is not important…

The story of a love is not important – what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. – Helen Hayes

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Pema Chodron says letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all…

“Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if that’s the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life … Continue reading

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Cathleen Schine says all these years I’ve had a story in my mind…

“All these years I’ve had a story in my mind, the story about us that never really existed. And because of that story, I’ve kept you framed up on the wall in a little box of nostalgic moonlight.” – Cathleen … Continue reading

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