I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.
–Sharon Olds
What She Said, July 30: Sharon Olds
What She Said, July 29: May Sarton
Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it.
–May Sarton
What She Said, July 28: Ellen Bass
It’s a hard time to be human. We know too much and too little.
–Ellen Bass
What She Said, July 27: Ilyse Kusnetz
Sometimes time is like watching whales
breach fearless with instinct and practice,
as you and I learned to be
day by day, moment inside moment―
moving toward each other like memory
passed one body to another.
―Ilyse Kusnetz
(from the poem, “Sometimes Time”)
What She Said, July 26: Fran Lebowitz
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
― Fran Lebowitz
What She Said, July 25: Adrienne Rich
She died a famous woman denying
her wounds
denying
her wounds came from the same source as her power
―Adrienne Rich
(from the poem, “Power”)
What She Said, July 24: Anna Quindlen
I am changing his diaper, he is kicking and complaining… he weighs little more than a large sack of flour and yet he has laid waste to the living room… No one cares about order, he is our order, we revolve around him. AI look at his… face and unfocused eyes and fall in love with him… and think… I will do anything for you as long as we both shall live, world without end, amen.
―Anna Quindlen, from NANAVILLE
What She Said, July 23: Meghan O’Rourke
How long will the light go on?
Longer than you. Still you ought to live like a city,
rich and fierce at the center.
―Megan O’Rourke
(from the poem, “Halflife”)
What She Said, July 22: Annie Dillard
Writing sentences is difficult whatever their subject. It is no less difficult to write sentences in a recipe than sentences in MOBY-DICK. So you might as well write MOBY-DICK.
―Annie Dillard
What She Said, July 21: A Bride’s Toast to Her Groom, From the Movie, LEAP YEAR
May you never steal, lie, or cheat, but if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life, and if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn’t live a day without you.
― A Bride’s Toast to Her Groom, From the Movie, LEAP YEAR
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