Quote #477 from Alone by Rod McKuen
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:28 — GabrielleI chose the shadows, they did not choose me, I stay here securely not just because I feel plain, but because disappearance is by now the easy way. The habit. The worn path that I can trod knowingly and be assured safe passage home.
Quote #126 from Alone by Edgar Allan Poe
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:28 — GabrielleFrom childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
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