“If the two meanings of 'heart' are 'center' and 'part,' then the word 'art' also forms a perplexing doubleness: it is something human-made with materials; that is, it is made of us. Art is life. And yet it is distinct… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
I've been melted into something too easy to spill. I make more and more of myself in order to make more and more of… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
Death and life are, for most of us, too complex to comprehend, but Alex Lemon can pretty casually, accurately, and marvelously correlate them to… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
“All gifts are riddles, all lives/are in the middle of mother-lives.” — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
“Secret, smug believers! God never gives you more than you can bear, they like to say, as if the strong should be punished for… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
“Would I dance with you? Both forever and rather die. / It would be like dying, yes. Yes I would.” — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
You are not broken. You break again and again because that's what breaking means. To be whole. — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
“I'm Perfect at Feelings, so I have no problem telling you why you cried over the third lost metal or the mousetrap. I knew… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
I came to see that what constitutes strength is not just a muscle or will. It can also include the most desperate vulnerability, the… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
Strength means honoring your entire range of emotion, even your despair and heartbreak. — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
