painted eyes » Quotes http://paintedeyes.org the semi-daily lifelog of a twenty-something spinster Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 After a marriage and two affairs, I think he probably knew… http://paintedeyes.org/2008/11/after-a-marriage/ http://paintedeyes.org/2008/11/after-a-marriage/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:52:00 +0000 Emily http://fawns.wordpress.com/?p=215 Found on a calendar of quotes:

“Perhaps they were right in putting love into books… Perhaps it could not live anywhere else”

- William Faulkner

]]> http://paintedeyes.org/2008/11/after-a-marriage/feed/ 0 Get thee to a nunnery! http://paintedeyes.org/2008/01/get-thee-to-a-nunnery/ http://paintedeyes.org/2008/01/get-thee-to-a-nunnery/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:10:36 +0000 Emily http://fawns.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/get-thee-to-a-nunnery/ Sitting in my brother’s room, I noticed my copy of collected poems by Federico Garcia Lorca lying on his floor. I picked it up and it opened to a poem called “The Spinster at Mass.”

It was like a special message from God himself, telling me, “Aha, woman. Get yourself a cat and a pint of ice cream.” Either that or God has an awesome sense of humor.

The Spinster at Mass

Beneath the Moses of the incense,
drowsing.

Bull eyes observe you.
Your rosary raining.

In that dress of silk so dense,
never stir, Virginia.

Give the black melons of your breasts
to the murmur of the mass.

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