Eduardo C. Corral famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The heart can only be broken / once, like a window.
-- Eduardo C. Corral -
Once a man offered me his heart and I said no. Not because I didn’t love him. Not because he was a beast or white — I couldn’t love him. Do you understand? In bed while we slept, our bodies inches apart, the dark between our flesh a wick. It was burning down. And he couldn’t feel it.
-- Eduardo C. Corral
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Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.
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Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.
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When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.
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I’ve written this poem before but always through a window, never through an open door.
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Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.
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Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded.
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All the tenets that I had grown up with were thrown out the window.
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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