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“to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.”
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“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
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“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
― I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
Roberta’s 2025 Year in Books
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