God completed my heart
then you finished it —
mortal combat style
—Terri Guillemets
relationships
Abrupt
When you’re used to seeing someone day after day, for years on end, and then suddenly they’re gone, you
—Terri Guillemets
Lonesome animals
“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — ‘Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.’”
—John Steinbeck, 1956
Hard life, good life
Life can be hard, but if you’ve got somebody to love — Yay!
—Terri Guillemets
Stories of love
In a new love, it’s easy to live for the moment because there is no past. The more past you accumulate, the harder it is not to live there — and that’s true whether it’s good or bad.
—Terri Guillemets
Close quarters & distant dreams
in good times and in bad
’til death do us part
isn’t just for marriage —
but family too — lifelong vows
coursing through our blood
—Terri Guillemets
Sparks & sizzle
Two people who have chemistry evolve quickly to biology.
—Terri Guillemets