I wear silk, the cover to uncover
because silk is what I want you think of.
But I dislike the cloth. It is too stern.
So tell me anything but track me like a climber
for here is the eye, here is the jewel,
here is the excitement the nipple learns.
I am unbalanced — but I am not mad with snow.
I am mad the way young girls are mad,
with an offering, an offering…
– Anne Sexton, from The Breast, in Love Poems
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
– Mae West
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/174828-all-discarded-lovers-should-be-given-a-second-chance-but
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
– Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3278-i-may-not-have-gone-where-i-intended-to-go
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants.
But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master.
– Elizabeth Gilbert, author of memoir Eat, Pray, Love
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gilbert
There is no fixing or curing required for the soul, only caring. We must learn to live with a conscious awareness of what our individual soul requires for its full expression. This will most certainly require that we learn how to live with pain, both emotional and physical, for when a soul loses its way, it is because we, the human host, have lost our way. Pain is the soul’s alarm system that we’re off track and that attention and care are required.
– Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-judith-rich/soul-suffering_b_1585432.html
When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.
– Barbara Bloom
There is sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.
– Washington Irving
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/44057-there-is-a-sacredness-in-tears-they-are-not-a