It’s Been A Whole Week Of “I Was Never Good At Telling Jokes But The Punchline Goes, I’ll Get Older

“Like a river has no need of air, nor the sea of land, nor the sword of banquets, I have no need of the world if you are not in it.”

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Dulce María Loynaz, Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems; “Poema XXXVI” (tr. James O’Connor)

[Original: Fuera de ti ha de sobrarme el mundo, como le sobra al río el aire, al mar la tierra, a la espada la mesa del convite.]

Joy Harjo, from “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet”, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

“What-ifs and could-have-beens were not the way to move forward. She knew that from experience.”

— Judi Fennell

“Love isn’t like it is in the books.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald; Emotional Bankruptcy

“But I have infinite tenderness for you. I always will. My whole life.”

— Blue is the Warmest Color

Mohammed El-Kurd, from Rifqa; “Rifqa”

[Text ID: “I cried—not for the house / but for the memories I could have had inside it.”]

When the time comes, you will see who is fake. Do not let it be you.

“I’m sorry you were not truly loved and that it made you cruel.”

— Warsan Shire

Listen to the sound of your heart breaking, cry but do not wither away darling.

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