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"Our hearts break, and take us out of relationships that are too painful for us."
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"We came, Takver thought, from a great distance to each other. We have always done so. Over great distances, over years, over abysses of chance. It is because he comes from so far away that nothing can separate us. Nothing, no distances, no years, can be greater than the distance that's already between us, the distance of our sex, the differences of our being, our minds; that gap, that abyss which we bridge with a look, with a touch, with a word, the easiest thing in the world. Look how far away he is, asleep. Look how far away he is, he always is. But he comes back, he comes back, he comes back...."

"Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!"

"Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends."

"Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God."

"Ok. You fuck me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. You show me a sensitive side, then you turn into a total asshole. Is this a pretty accurate description of our relationship."

"You've got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her,and if you don't want to keep her you let her go anyhow so it's always a process of letting go, one way or the other."

"Man loves pleasure. But women desire purposeful commitment."

"Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something."

"Every human is a school subject. This is rather a metaphorical way of saying it, to put it straight, those you love are few, and the ones you detest are many."

"Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God."
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"You want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you're wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don't seem to care..."

"Last night, lost in spaces between star-bays and lakes of clouds, I tossed and turned looking for you."

"Yes I understand your spells-your sex magic-at least, I know this: all lights dim when you walk in..."

"When you're hard and unyielding your words score me with lines - I hate lines - I want curves - curves are happy like a snowman ..."

"In the baby's roomThe city lights areMilkyIn the curtains. Breath Gentle as rain, Sleep Quiet as snowflakes."

"You called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?..."

"These vignettes I sketch for you - what are they? watercolors ..yes and dreams blurred with tears ..."
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