“I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will.” – Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale.
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“He’s so damned nice and he’s so awful. He’s my sort of thing.” – Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises.
“No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took.
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some-
Someone else’s heart
Pumping someone else’s blood.
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don’t get harmed.
But even if it does
You’ll just do it all again.”
“There is, I think, a fear of love.
There is a fear of love.” – Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin.
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good,” – John Steinbeck, East of Eden.
“‘Dear God,’ she prayed, ‘let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.’” – Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
“We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.” – H.G. Wells, The Time Machine.
“But I believe in intention and I believe in work. I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones.” – Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams.
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“Whatever we can’t hold, we hang on a hook that will hold it.” – Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams.
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust.” – Paolo Coelho, Brida.