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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) American writer, feminist, civil rights activist
“Notes from a Trip to Russia,”
Sister Outsider (1984)
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Added on 19-Oct-20 | Last updated 19-Oct-20
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Topics: assumption, background, blindness, have, lack, missing, ownership, perspective, possession, want
More quotes by Lorde, Audre Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the day-time, and falling into at night.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Letter to Whitter “Hal” Bynner and Arthur Davidson Ficke (1920)
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Added on 10-Oct-17 | Last updated 10-Oct-17
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Topics: absence, alone, grief, lonely, loss, meme, missing, pining, presence
More quotes by Millay, Edna St. Vincent One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) American anthropologist
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Sometimes given "Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need."
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 5-Jan-21
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Topics: absence, caring, companion, human nature, missing, need
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