
Source: The Marriage of Opposites
"Machine Gun"
Lyrics, Kaleidoscope Heart (2009)
Source: The Marriage of Opposites
Pixie
Song lyrics
Source: Ani Difranco - Little Plastic Castle
You know? He painted it and that was it.
Miles of Aisles (1974)
“Nobody expects you to exhibit godlike strength, excepting maybe yourself.”
Source: Son of the Shadows
Source: East of Eden (1952)
Context: Maybe that's the reason," Adam said slowly, feeling his way. "Maybe if I had loved him I would have been jealous of him. You were. Maybe-maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself? I can see it pretty clearly. I can see how you loved him and what it did to you. I did not love him. Maybe he loved me. He tested me and hurt me and punished me and finally he sent me out like a sacrifice, maybe to make up for something. But he did not love you, and so he had faith in you. Maybe — why, maybe it's a kind of reverse.
“The Finder” (p. 43)
Earthsea Books, Tales from Earthsea (2001)