December 2011
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” it’s your heart, you ought to take it with you. “
“i was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by...”
– haruki murakami
i want to know how many scars you have
and memorize the shape of your tongue
i want to climb the curve of your lower back
and count your vertebrae
your ribs
your fingers
your goose bumps.
i want to chart the typography of your anatomy
and be fluent in your body language.
i want you, entire
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“talking in your sleep, saying goodnight”
i’m sort of soft spoken and kind of sporadic but that really doesn’t say a whole lot because sometimes i’m kind of loud and a little predictable.
you’ll just have to see for yourself, i guess.
“ i want to taste you in the air i breathe, i want to feel you in the things i see, i want to smell you in the sunny sky. i want to hear you in the things i touch, i want to listen for the sound of your smile, i want to see you when i close my eyes. “
al(l)ways
if it’s true we hurt the ones we love the most,
then dear, you stay. there. and i’ll stay here.
because from this distance we’ll (perchance) not hurt each other.
and i can love you forever.
and we can forever stay.
as the moon waned to crescent, we started to kiss...
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“life is this weird, tragic thing but it is sort of fantastic.”
” i think you could fall in love with anyone if you saw the parts of them that no one else gets to see. like if you followed them around invisibly for a day and you saw them crying in their bed at night or singing to themselves as they make a sandwich or even just walking along the street and even if they were really weird and had no friends at school, i think after seeing them at their most...
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“iris, if you were a melody.. i used only the good notes.”
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oberlin has only one real liquor store, on the edge of town, about a mile north of center. it’s called johnny’s and it’s only slightly too far away to walk to on a chilly or busy day. it’s a bike trip i make every two months or so—more frequently during especially desperate periods of life—to refill our house’s stockpile of whiskeys, vodkas, rums, and similar.
one of the striking things about...
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“i smile when you speak; remember all those times i was hoping for something?”
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i fall asleep so much faster when i’m sleeping beside someone.
ten ways to love 1. listen without interrupting (proverbs 18) 2. speak without accusing (james 1:19) 3. give without sparing (proverbs 21:26) 4. pray without ceasing (colossians 1:9) 5. answer without arguing (proverbs 17:1) 6. share without pretending (ephesians 4:15) 7. enjoy without complaint (philippians 2:14) 8. trust without wavering (corinthians 13:7) 9. forgive without punishing...
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jamie: (in english) it's my favorite time of day, driving you.
aurelia: (in portuguese) it's the saddest part of my day, leaving you.
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“just happy, so content.”