An excerpt from her poem 'Salamander' describes this collection suitably: "Untouchable / Safe / Otherworldly". Lana Del Rey is a phenomenon in her ownAn excerpt from her poem 'Salamander' describes this collection suitably: "Untouchable / Safe / Otherworldly". Lana Del Rey is a phenomenon in her own right and remains, especially after this read, one of my most trusted and reliable inspirations. This is a book I'd love to live on my bedside table forever....more
**spoiler alert** - the choice to love is the choice to connect--to find ourselves in the other. (93) - addiction is both a consequence of widespread l**spoiler alert** - the choice to love is the choice to connect--to find ourselves in the other. (93) - addiction is both a consequence of widespread lovelessness and a cause. (111) - attention is an important resource. (163) - love is an action, a participatory emotion. (165) * - perfect passions usually end when we awaken from our enchantment and find only that we have been carried away from ourselves. (179) * - i could not believe divine forces in the universe would lead me to this man of my dreams when there was no real possibility of fully realizing those dreams [...] that was the beginning of a difficult lesson in true love. (181) - i learned that we may meet a true love and that our lives may be transformed by such an encounter even when it does not lead to sexual pleasure, committed bonding, or even sustained contact. (181) - embarking on such a relationship is frightening precisely bc we feel there is no place to hide. we are known. (184) - to cling to grief, to desire its expression, is to be out of sync with modern life. (200) - as long as we feel shame, we can never believe ourselves worthy of love. (232) - NUALA O'FAOLAIN: if there was nothing else, reading would--obviously--be worth living for. (235)...more
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