Today, however, she didn't go looking for urchins or broken shells. She simply walked to the end of the earth and stood a while.

John Burnside

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And I wake, in the cage of my bones,
on the same cold ground.

John Burnside

Tags: bird-nest-bound

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More often than not, the demons of our nature love a recluse; nobody is more vulnerable to himself than the solitary. To imagine that one can simply withdraw, and somehow achieve peace, or wisdom, or detachment, is a mistake. It is also, in most cases, inappropriate, selfish, and even cowardly.

John Burnside

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