You are born with the yearning arrow, my Glynna, though you are not yet fully aware of it. … - Isobelle Carmody

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Isobelle Carmody

You are born with the yearning arrow, my Glynna, though you are not yet fully aware of it. It is not a happy thing to possess, for nothing on earth - no goal, no person how ever beloved - will answer it. It points to the sky and to the heavens and the stars and when it cannot reach them, it must fall back to pierce your heart.

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