Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less h…

Elizabeth Bishop
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Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by.
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Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces of music [...], some intimate, low-voiced, and delicate things in our mos … ▶
The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat. ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.16, Macmillan
Sometimes it seemsas though only intelligent people are stupid enough to fall in love & only stupid people are intelligent enough to let themselves be loved.
Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinates the fingertips.) ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.58, Macmillan
The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.198, Macmillan

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