“The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.”

— Lillian Smith (author)

Killers of the Dream https://books.google.com/books/about/Killers_of_the_Dream.html?id=fvab8gnFH_kC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=snippet&q=%22There%20is%20a%20return%20journey%20to%20anguish%20that%20few%20of%20us%20are%20released%20from%20making.%22&f=false, Chapter 1: "When I Was a Child", pp 25-26

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American author, social critic 1897–1966

R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh poet

"Here"
Tares (1961)

“And I'll stay away from Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

"The Little Hours" in Here Lies (1939); this plays on the title of the popular song "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"; Paul Verlaine was Arthur Rimbaud's lover.

“I believe in tension and release, in that if you stay in the the same tone and mode and intensity for too long, it actually becomes monotonous.”

Patricia Rozema (1958) Canadian film director

In "Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Patricia Rozema" on Mansfield Park DVD (2000)
Context: I believe in tension and release, in that if you stay in the the same tone and mode and intensity for too long, it actually becomes monotonous. When you change up your pace or your humour level, then the release is welcome. … I believe that's my biggest job: tone control, and maintaining enough unity so that it all feels like one movie and all the scenes belong together, and yet diversity so that emotional and narrative interest is maintained.

“I felt as if I had at last returned home. The first few days I was there I couldn't stop the tears streaming from my eyes. It was not sadness, but some emotional impact from the past- a returning to a place once loved after too long a time.”

Natacha Rambova (1897–1966) American film personality and fashion designer

On visiting Egypt, p. 207
Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova (1991)

“He sees himself in his lover as if in a mirror, not knowing whom he sees, And when they are together, he too is released from pain, and when apart, he longs as he himself is longed for; for reflected in his heart is love's image, which is love's answer. But he calls it, and believes it, not love but friendship…”

Mary Renault book The Charioteer

Phaedrus as translated in the novel, p. 104
The Charioteer (1953)

“How do you forget something? You just walk away from it, those who are still alive. There are so few clearings in our hearts and minds, so few places where something can't grow on top of whatever happened to us before, and this is love too.”

Daniel Handler book Adverbs

Source: Adverbs

“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”

Donna Tartt book The Goldfinch

Source: The Goldfinch

“The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return.”

Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist

Fatima, p. 102.
The Alchemist (1988)
Context: The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return. We know that, and we are used to it. Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth. They become part of everything... They become the Soul of the World.

“I’ve lived most of my life already and I suppose I can argue myself into believing that I have no great cause to love humanity. However, only a few people have hurt me, and if I hurt everyone in return that is unconscionable usury.”

Isaac Asimov book The Gods Themselves

Section 3, Chapter 12, p. 250
The Gods Themselves (1972)

“Percy: We're staying together. You're not getting away from me. Never again.
Annabeth: As long as we're together.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Variant: We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
Source: The Mark of Athena

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