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I can't stand the idea of having to hold back love or care less. It bothers me because I shouldn't ever feel like that when my natural state is to love fully and care deeply without limits.

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Paris - July 3rd, 2011

Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise.

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Reuben Saidman. London Gulls, 1936

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Sandra Cisneros, ‘Bien Pretty’ from Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

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Kim Addonizio, “The Singing”, Tell Me

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“Lately, I have spent my days, trying to remember what hope looks like.”

— Helaena C Moon

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Something Beautifully dark, gracefully deep I adore

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Carmen Laforet, from Nada

Text ID: My chest was heavy with a thousand daydreams and memories.

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Danez Smith, Don't Call Us Dead

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Sometimes it’s not about wanting something but about whether you’re able to hold it

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Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours

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“And I have crawled up into the arms of the beast. What did you expect? Did you think I would find peace?”

— Helaena C Moon

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“Dearest Black Sea, about your darkness, about your depths, your restlessness. - My heart, it understands.”

— Helaena C Moon

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“… and there are oceans swelling underneath my tongue.”

— Helaena C Moon

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“I want to tell you what a fool I’ve been, and how I have never learned any lesson that was taught by love.”

— Helaena C Moon

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Sit with it, parse it, integrate it, air it out, clarify it, then loosen your grip