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> [Take my hand and grow young with me. Don't rush. Don't sleep. Be a beginner. Light the candles. Keep the fire. Dare to love someone. Tell yourself the truth. Stay inside the rapture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/take-my-hand-and-grow-young-with-me-don-t-rush-don-t-sleep-be-a/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

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## More by Marlena De Blasi

> [“It was Don Paolo's birthday and all the people of the village were gathered in the piazza to celebrate him. The band played, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/it-was-don-paolo-s-birthday-and-all-the-people-of-the-village-were/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“They all know the truth, that there are only three subjects worth talking about. At least here in these parts," he says, "The weather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/they-all-know-the-truth-that-there-are-only-three-subjects-worth/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [We accumulate pain, collect it. ... We display it, stack it up into a pile, then we stack it up into a mountain, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/we-accumulate-pain-collect-it-we-display-it-stack-it-up-into-a-pile/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“You know I've always wanted someone to sing to me, but now I know that what I want more is to sing to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/you-know-i-ve-always-wanted-someone-to-sing-to-me-but-now-i-know-that/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“I have never before gathered eggs from under a hen. Fernando has never before seen a hen. We bend low into the shed where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/i-have-never-before-gathered-eggs-from-under-a-hen-fernando-has-never/)

[Marlena de Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“Gauntlets are the stuff of every life, but when you learn, young, how to pick them up, how to work them against the demons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/gauntlets-are-the-stuff-of-every-life-but-when-you-learn-young-how-to/)

[Marlena de Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“Some people are born empty. All manner of good deeds and patience and loving kindness can't even begin to fill them up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/some-people-are-born-empty-all-manner-of-good-deeds-and-patience-and/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“Rather than being love-blinded, it is in love that I can see, really see.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/rather-than-being-love-blinded-it-is-in-love-that-i-can-see-really-see/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [most crimes are connected to hunger. One hunger or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/most-crimes-are-connected-to-hunger-one-hunger-or-another/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [Living as a couple never means that each gets half. You must take turns at giving more than getting. It’s not the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/living-as-a-couple-never-means-that-each-gets-half-you-must-take/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“She's a woman. Like a chameleon does, a woman quietly blends into all the parts of her life. Sometimes you can hardly tell she's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/she-s-a-woman-like-a-chameleon-does-a-woman-quietly-blends-into-all/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“You will sustain your rage, using time as a defense against fear and indolence. In the great stash of defenses, time is the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/you-will-sustain-your-rage-using-time-as-a-defense-against-fear-and/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“Everything about this evening is both exquisite and bewildering and I can't decide if I want to go on with this dream or run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/everything-about-this-evening-is-both-exquisite-and-bewildering-and-i/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [“Maybe the only thing that matters is to make our lives last as long as we do. You know, to make a life last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/maybe-the-only-thing-that-matters-is-to-make-our-lives-last-as-long/)

[Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/)

> [Our babies cried when we left them and we cry when they leave us. Echoes. Proud almost to arrogance then, we pushed them about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/our-babies-cried-when-we-left-them-and-we-cry-when-they-leave-us/)

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