lessons in the half light

 

“We came whirling out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust…”

 

~ Rumi ~

 

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the ambience that was she

 

“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”

 

~ Vladimir Nabokov ~

 

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the reluctant prince

 

“Sleeping Beauty, who said to Prince Charming,

are you sure all we did was kiss?”

 

~ Red Buttons ~

 

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like making love

 

“Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.”

 

~ Charles Bukowski ~

 

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primordial vagabond notes

 

“It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.”

 

~ Miles Davis ~

 

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words like clay

 

“I prefer the absurdity of writing poems

to the absurdity of not writing poems.”

 

~ Wisława Szymborska ~

 

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becoming one

 

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream.

A dream you dream together is reality.”

 

~ Yoko Ono ~

 

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dix mots

 

“Lying is the most fun a woman can have

without taking her clothes off.”

 

~ Natalie Portman ~

 

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the dancing man

 

“Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.”

 

~ Samuel Beckett ~

 

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plucked

 

“The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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miracle

 

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,

but wise words endure.”

 

~ Edward Thorndike ~

 

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jours étranges

 

“The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled

to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole.”

 

~ Simone de Beauvoir ~

 

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fleeting heart

 

“What is life but fleeting moments of happiness

strung together on necklace of despair?”

 

~ Marian Keyes ~

 

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danseuse

 

“Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”

 

~ Charles Baudelaire ~

 

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too tired to try

 

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.

   Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

 

~ Samuel Beckett ~

 

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thin around cause

 

“We postulate that time is thin around the cause

and dense around the effect.”

 

~ Nikolai Kozyrev ~

 

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the collector’s paradox

 

“The four building blocks of the universe are

     fire, water, gravel and vinyl.”

 

~ Dave Barry ~

 

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draws the bow

 

“After silence, that which comes nearest

     to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

 

~ Aldous Huxley ~

 

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aftertaste

 

“A sprinkle of last-minute despair gives

   a soul an agreeably earthy aftertaste.”

 

~ David Mitchell ~

 

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girl with a rose

 

“Love is like a rose. When pressed between

two lifetimes, it will last forever.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

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