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title: "1 Back and forth Quotes By Wendy Farley"
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> [It is easy for desire to be caught like a bird in a net, its wings fouled and twisted, no longer free to cross back and forth between silence and word. Desire may also find itself so amputated by tradition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/it-is-easy-for-desire-to-be-caught-like-a-bird-in-a-net-its-wings/)

Wendy Farley

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## Other authors on Back and forth

## More by Wendy Farley

> [Desire is this absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility. Ever optimistic, ever resourceful, desire tells us what it sees as it speeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/desire-is-this-absurdity-that-holds-open-the-infinity-of-possibility/)

Wendy Farley

> [Desire is the absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/desire-is-the-absurdity-that-holds-open-the-infinity-of-possibility/)

Wendy Farley

> [Desire is insatiable not because the goods of the world are too few, too uniform, or too bland. Desire burns through the goods of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/desire-is-insatiable-not-because-the-goods-of-the-world-are-too-few/)

Wendy Farley

> [It is easy for desire to be caught like a bird in a net, its wings fouled and twisted, no longer free to cross…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/it-is-easy-for-desire-to-be-caught-like-a-bird-in-a-net-its-wings/)

Wendy Farley

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