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“At moments when Herman fantasized about a new metaphysics, or even a new religion, he based everything on the attraction of the sexes. In the beginning was lust. The godly, as well as the human, principle is desire. Gravity, light, magnetism, thought may be aspects of the same universal longing. Suffering, emptiness, darkness are nothing more than interruptions of a cosmic orgasm that grows forever in intensity...”

Book:Enemies: A Love Story

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Enemies: A Love Story

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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer, born on November 21, 1902 in Poland and died on July 24, 1991, was an outstanding Jewish American author. His works are renowned for their vivid portrayal of the lives and experiences of Eastern European Jews, and he has won widespread acclaim for his unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns. more

“There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves, insects, the feathers of birds -- is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget.”

Pain Forget Longing Legend Paulo Coelho River Piedra

Book:By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“The ghosts that exert the most power in people’s lives-at least, the people I know–tend to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.”

Regret Horror Longing Ghosts Glen Hirshberg Cemetery Dance Interview

Author:Glen Hirshberg

“The tides rolled up to crash against the shore while we sat feet from one another with the remnants of all we’d left unsaid driving us apart.”

Romance Ocean Longing Tides Waves Unsaid Words Driving Apart

Book:By the Sea

Source: By the Sea

“It is poetic and lyrical; words that spill forth like cool waters into the dusty dry rock bed of the Soul desiring love. It has been said that I’ve lived in the desert all my life and do not know what it means to be wet.”