- "i have been trying to place myself in a land of great sunshine, and abandon my will therewith." — maggie nelson, bluets
- "the mind i love most must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.” — katherine mansfield, katherine mansfield notebooks
- "to be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope." — anne carson, eros the bittersweet
- "if you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. give in to it. there are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. we are not wise, and not very often kind. and much can never be redeemed. still, life has some possibility left. perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. it could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. anyway, that’s often the case. anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. joy is made to be a crumb." — mary oliver, swan: poems and prose poems
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