Tuesday, 18 September 2012

On Loan


"If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair. Despair is for those who expect to live forever. I no longer do."

Erica Jong, writer, poet, teacher (b. 1942)

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