“The tension between not being let in and not being let go fixes us. Especially when it's the not-being-let-in that won't let you go. You're held at the threshold. You're turned away, but you can't turn away.” LoveLossTensionGhostsHauntingAmbivalence Book:Be with Me Always: Essays Source: Be with Me Always: Essays
“HAUNT: to materialize, appear in, frequent, visit, disturb, torment. None of these captures the contrary nature of hauntedness - to be filled with hollowness, to ache for something not entirely wanted, to have and have not.” GhostsHauntingHauntedness Book:Be with Me Always: Essays Source: Be with Me Always: Essays