Quotes by A. E. Stallings

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The mother says to her daughter: The heart is an island. To reach it, You must cross salt water. This is what the daughter fears: That joy, like sorrow, Must be reached by shipwreck, Tossed on the flotsam of tears.
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Fairytales are full of impossible tasks.
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Nothing is more permanent than the temporary.
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The bats inebriate the sky . . .
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. . . Orpheus struck dumb with hindsight.