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In the night I come to you and it seems a shame to waste my deepest shudders on a wall of a man.

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The heart is the toughest part of the body. Tenderness is in the hands.

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I thought I would be the lady in white working in the orphanage for one year who pats the little bottoms! I pictured myself that way, rather heroically.

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It is either the beginning or the end
of the world, and the choice is ourselves
or nothing.


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We have, each of us, nothing.
We will give it to each other.


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Carolyn Forché

Carolyn Forché
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Born: April 28, 1950 (age 75)
Bio: Carolyn Forché is an American poet, editor, translator, and human rights advocate. She has received awards for her literary work.
Known for:
  1. The Country Between Us (1981)
  2. The angel of history (1994)
  3. Blue Hour (2003)
  4. Gathering the tribes (1976)
  5. Colors Come from God . . . Just Like Me! (1995)

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