I'm like the trunk of a cactus. . . I take in a dose of culture and time … - Nancy Horan

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My heart's so full of joy, That I shall do some wild extravagance Of love in public; and the foolish world, Which knows not tenderness, will think me mad.

Nancy Horan

I'm like the trunk of a cactus. . . I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.

Cactus, Culture, Dose, Live, Retreat, Take

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It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me. If I can piece all these bits of memory together with the diaries and letters and the scribbled thoughts that clutter my mind and bookshelves, then maybe I can explain what happened. Maybe the worlds I have inhabited for the past seven years will assume order and logic and wholeness on paper. Maybe I can tell my story in a way that is useful to someone else.

Memories, Past, Order, Worlds, Written

It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me.

Come, Focus, Page, Pages, World

I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. -Loving Frank

Frank, Rivers, Side, Standing, Swim, Want

It's not good to live so much inside oneself. It's a self-imposed exile, really. It makes you different.

Different, Exile, Good, Self

I love you so much. I love you enough that I want to stay separate from you. You're an extraordinary man, Frank Wright. I could so easily lose myself in your world and never make a world of my own. And where would that leave us? We'd both be bored stupid.

Extraordinary, Love, Men, Stupid, World, Wright