More quotes by Shailja Patel
Ready is never a question just a reminder
to breathe and jump.
Seal the borders
of my body to pain
seal my eyes, mouth, belly
to any hunger not
my own.
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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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