— Mary Oliver, ‘north country’
Safia Elhillo, from Home Is Not a Country; “Boys”
Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998
amortizing
“Listen to many, speak to a few.”
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“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.”
— Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
amortizing
“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”
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amortizing
“Don’t get to the end of your life and regret all the things you didn’t do.”
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Rainer Maria Rilke, Selected Letters, 1902-1922
“I can’t hide the truth: I will end my life unhappy, cantankerous and alone, and I will have deserved it.”
— Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
amortizing
“Acting like you don’t care is not letting it go.”
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Wondering if I told everybody I loved them… would they know what I mean by it?







