“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” ―Bell Hooks
Escape
The Moment Of Writing…
“The moment of writing is not an escape...it is only an insistence, through the imagination, upon human ecstasy, and a reminder that such ecstasy remains as much a birthright in this world as misery remains a condition of it.” ―Larry Levis
You Are Aware Of Only One…
“You are aware of only one unrest; Oh, never learn to know the other! Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast, And one is striving to forsake its brother. Unto the world in grossly loving zest, With clinging tendrils, one adheres; The other rises forcibly in quest Of rarefied ancestral spheres. If there be … Continue reading You Are Aware Of Only One…
Fantasy Is Hardly…
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.” ―Lloyd Alexander
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 