blessed is the match

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Sherod Santos: My going to Paris was prompted by a number of things, some related to writing, some not. It was an unhappy period, and I felt like leaving everything behind and starting all over again — the kind of thing, I fear, my background made all too easy to do. Looking back on it now, I…

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You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to make real or imagined events come alive. But you cannot will this to happen. It is a matter of persistence and faith and hard work. So you might as well just go ahead and get started.

—Anne Lamott. Get started. 

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

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Anne Sexton  (via thatkindofwoman

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It’s a sad day when you find out that it’s not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

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Lillian Hellman  (via raweggs

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