Ann Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 "Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearnings. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could." ~Louise Erdrich~ *The Painted Drum* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyman35 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 WOW Ann. That is pretty powerful. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilyjohn Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 this is so close to what I have been feeling lately. There is a deep need in me to feel love and joy again but somehow I just can't seem to find what I really need. I reach out for something and find myself holding only the sadness and the memories and they make lonly bed partners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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