“When a dream is born in you With a sudden clamorous pain, When you know the dream is true And lovely, with no flaw nor stain, O then, be careful, or with sudden clutch You'll hurt the delicate thing you prize so much.” KnowsDreamPainBornHurtCarefulLovelyPrizeFlawsBe CarefulDelicateStainsClutchDelicate Things Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“You loved people and you came to depend on their being there. but people died or changed or went away and it hurt too much. The only way to avoid that poin was not to love anyone, and not to let anyone get too close or too important. The secret of not being hurt like this again, I decided, was never depending on anyone, never needing, never loving.It is the last dream of children, to be forever untouched.” PeopleWayChildrenImportantDreamLastsHurtSecretForeverToo MuchChangedDependsDecidedDiedIt HurtsBeing ThereBeing Hurt Author:Audre Lorde
“Believe in dreams. Never believe in hurts... You can't let the grief and the hurts and the breaking experiences of life control your future decisions.” BelieveDreamHurtDecisionGriefOur FutureYour FutureFuture Decisions Book:Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do! Source: Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!