Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

Quote by Theodore Roethke

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What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the...

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the...

I came to love, I came into my own.

I came to love, I came into my own.

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Time marks us while we are marking time.

Time marks us while we are marking time.

I learn by going where I have to go.

I learn by going where I have to go.

Love begets love. This torment is my joy.

Love begets love. This torment is my joy.

God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.

God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.

A mind too active is no mind at all.

A mind too active is no mind at all.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

All lovers live by longing, and endure; summon a vision and declare it pure

All lovers live by longing, and endure; summon a vision and declare it pure

The soul has many motions, body one.

The soul has many motions, body one.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable

Love is not love until love's vulnerable

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows...

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows...

A mind too active is no mind at all

A mind too active is no mind at all

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

Wildly my mind beats against you, yet my soul obeys.

Wildly my mind beats against you, yet my soul obeys.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...