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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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In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.
Iris Murdoch
Carolyn Forché
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Born:
April 28, 1950
(age 74)
Bio:
Carolyn Forché is an American poet, editor, translator, and human rights advocate. She has received awards for her literary work.
Known for:
The Country Between Us (1981)
The angel of history (1994)
Blue Hour (2003)
Gathering the tribes (1976)
Colors Come from God . . . Just Like Me! (1995)
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