“How a pleasant word of an old lover that said
When there is lovem there is no comfort.”
Joseph and Zuleika, p. 254
Poetry, Poetry from Joseph and Zuleika
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Jami 13
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“I'll make you mine, lovers said in old books. They never said, I'll make you me.”
Source: Oryx and Crake

Book III
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“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Nobody said when.”
Source: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 15 (p. 89)

2016, Memorial Service for Fallen Dallas Police Officers (July 2016)
Context: I've seen how a spirit of unity, born of tragedy, can gradually dissipate, overtaken by the return to business as usual, by inertia and old habits and expediency. I see how easily we slip back into our old notions, because they’re comfortable, we’re used to them. I’ve seen how inadequate words can be in bringing about lasting change. I’ve seen how inadequate my own words have been. And so I’m reminded of a passage in *John’s Gospel [First John]: Let us love not with words or speech, but with actions and in truth. If we’re to sustain the unity we need to get through these difficult times, if we are to honor these five outstanding officers who we’ve lost, then we will need to act on the truths that we know. And that’s not easy. It makes us uncomfortable. But we’re going to have to be honest with each other and ourselves.

Song lyrics, Children of the Sun (1969)