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The work in progress – Truth

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. – Philip Roth So true. Love his work! «sigh»

Live and learn from fools and from sages…

motivatinglyrics: Dream On – Aerosmith

Baby, it’s cold outside

Baby, it’s cold outside. True. All copyrights reserved for original poster on Tumblr.

Secretly in love

“i think we’re just gonna have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that…” ~…
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i carry your heart with me e.e. cummings

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in By E. E. Cummings 1894–1962 i carry your heart with me(i…
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"You know what they say about air and water when it comes to fire, don’t you?” she asks.
Now, I’m curious. She hasn’t spoken for the last ten minutes of the drive. “What?”
“Too much air blows out the fire. Too much water destroys it.”
I nod trying to determine what she’s really comparing us to. “The idea would be to keep the flame going, right. For years?” She nods. “Like a relationship. Like a marriage.” She cringes at the word marriage. Noted. “So you need the air—to stay constant—to fan the flames of the fire, and you know, grasshopper,” I smile at her and catch sight of the corners of her mouth turning slightly upward in response to the endearment, “a hot enough fire will burn water, so you have to be careful with the water too.”
“That I do know,” she says softly. “So that’s the truth about air and water.” She sighs deep.
“Which is?”
“It’s hard to maintain the balance to keep the fire going. You have to fan the flames without putting it out with too much water. But too little water will burn the fire right up. Too much fire. Too much destruction. We’re out of control.”
“You’re talking in circles,” I say.
“No. That’s us,” she says with certainty."— Katherine Owen

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