http://slow.writerscafe.org/linmarvan The original writings of author Linda Marie Van Tassell en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775948506 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 June 12, 1927 – September 27, 2020 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2873895/ "And God said, "Let there be light." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2861445/ Though lovers be lost, love shall not. ~ Dylan Thomas http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2857212/ With you went so much of me. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2857021/ Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2856906/ I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. ~ Carl Sandburg http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2856894/ The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen. ~ Shannon L. Alder http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2856703/ It hurts because it mattered. ~ John Green http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2856696/ The truth hurts, and it is not pretty. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2856676/ For June Wright. 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That’s how the light gets in. ~ Leonard Cohen http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2847669/ I want to be haunted again. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2846961/ The last breath floats to the stars. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2846940/ The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited. ~ Stephen King http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2846490/ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2846306/ You’re just another story I can’t tell anymore. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2846217/ My room is so quiet and empty, it hurts. ~ Nina LaCour http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2845640/ Most of love is lost. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2845564/ You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else. ~ Colleen Hoover http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2844931/ I cannot shine where dark sorrows abide. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2844845/ Life is lived in seasons. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2844375/ Nostalgia: A device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane. ~ Doug Larson http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/linmarvan/2844240/ Forgive yourself for the blindness that put you in the path of those who betrayed you. 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