jewelflyt:
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
jewelflyt:
Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.
jewelflyt:
You don't have to be a bundle of contradictions to be a woman, she said. But we all agreed it helps
jewelflyt:
this is a world filled with love & other things that have the sense not to waste time talking about everything under the sun & see how it glows with no help from us whatsoever
jewelflyt:
2/31: She tapped her finger & nothing happened & she thought she had lost her magic, but it had only changed & it took her awhile to figure it out.
jewelflyt:
3/31: What color are souls? she said & I said, Color isn't that much of an issue when you're talking souls.
jewelflyt:
4/31: How many people can you love before it's too much? she said & I said I didn't think there was any real limit as long as you didn't care if they loved you back.
jewelflyt:
5/13: Don't you hear it? she asked & I shook my head no & then she started to dance & suddenly there was music everywhere & it went on for a very long time & when I finally found words all I could say was thank you.
jewelflyt:
6/31: Hasn't started to make sense of the world yet but thinks it's beautiful all the same.
jewelflyt:
7/31: I do much better as a goddess, she said, since my secretarial skills have always been limited
jewelflyt:
8/31: I carry you with me into the world, into the smell of rain & the words that dance between people & for me, it will always be this way, walking in the light, remembering being alive together
jewelflyt:
9/31: I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.
jewelflyt:
11/31: I spent a long time trying to find my center until I looked closely one night & found it had wheels & moved easily in the slightest breeze, so now I spend less time sitting and more time sailing.
