![]() ![]() I’d study the stars in their brilliant blazing, the diaphanous swath of the milk Way, the distant glow of Boston backlighting the clouds on the horizon as if they’d been drawn there in smudgy charcoal. There was nothing to block the wind that had picked up speed and vigor from its Atlantic crossing. ![]() I used to walk out, at night, to the breakwater which divides the end of the harbor form the broad moor of the salt marsh. There’s enough love around him to carry him now… So much better when he can trust and float. The bout of paranoia, with a childlike quality of being threatened, seems part of that-like a day or two when he couldn’t just let go and float on the energies of other people, who are bearing him up-but had to doubt them, struggle. I imagine there’s a little fire burning in there, a few steadily glowing embers, and a quiet chant going on, from me, from some singer in me, honoring and accompanying W’s soul, which is with him as he is making his passage.there’s a leavetaking in process, a movement towards increasing simplicity, away from complexity, activity, expectation. I’d write and read and let myself, a little at a time, step down into myself- like a stairway down into a dark, intimate kiva- where the work of vigil is taking place, the necessary attending. Let these quotes inspire you! Heaven’s Coast: A Memoir Quotes We compiled a list of 13 quotes that best summarise the message of Mark Doty in Heaven’s Coast: A Memoir. If you’re looking for the best Heaven’s Coast: A Memoir quotes you’ve come to the right place. ![]()
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