"Need can blossom into the compensation it requires. To crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow. For when does a berry break upon the tongue as sweetly as when one longs to taste it, and when do our senses know any thing so utterly as when we lack it? And here again is a foreshadowing—the world will be made whole. For to wish for a hand on one's hair is all but to feel it. ... Longing, like an angel, fosters us, smooths our hair, and brings us wild strawberries. ..."
-Marilynne Robinson in Housekeeping
2 comments:
Hey Courtney - lovely picture and quote! Not sure I agree that not having something is the same as having it, but it's a thoughtful sentiment :).
Who is the crazy person running around infecting blogs with their comments? I saw that on another blog as well. Creepy.
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