With each passage of
With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable – but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn’t known before. Gail Sheehy
Shed
To shed the past,
To shed the past, forget the future and fall into the moment feet first. Gabrielle Roth
I have never done
I have never done anything except write, but I don’t possess the vocation or talents of a narrator, have no knowledge at all of the laws of dramatic composition, and if I have embarked upon this enterprise it is because I trust in the light shed by how much I have read in my life. … Read more
She would not shed
She would not shed a tear, she would not waste the rest of her years simmering in the maggot broth of memory. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Drink has shed more
Drink has shed more blood, hung more crepe, sold more homes, plunged more people into bankruptcy, armed more villains, slain more children, snapped more wedding rings, defiled more innocence, blinded more eyes, dethroned more reason, wrecked more manhood, dishonored more womanhood, broken more hearts, blasted more lives, driven more to suicide and dug more graves … Read more
Last night, ah, yesternight,
Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion. … Read more
Grandmas can shed the
Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come. Erma Bombeck
we shed the skins
we shed the skins of who we used to be! Eric Jerome Dickey
It’s like he has
It’s like he has emotional amnesia… I think you have to accept that the person you knew isn’t there at the moment. I was witness to how much he loved you. I have the photos. This isn’t the person we knew. I don’t recognize this person. He’s shed his skin. Her heart is broken too. … Read more
Sometimes you must shed
Sometimes you must shed your skin to save it. Emma Donoghue