In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to fulfillment. For the body without which the wing is a useless frozen ornament. ("A Short Guide To The City")
Why is love intensified by absence?
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Audrey Niffenegger
How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.
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Sylvia Plath
My heart only ever had one thought, one want. One need. Despite all, in spite of all... All my heart has ever wanted is you.
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Stephanie Laurens
It hurts to breathe. It hurts to live. I hate her, yet I do not think I can exist without her.
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Charlotte Featherstone
I want your most vital organ. I want it to be mine.
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Coco J. Ginger
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