Oh, the comfort --The inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,
Having neither to weigh thoughts,
Nor measure words -- but pouring them
All right out -- just as they are --
Chaff and grain together --
Certain that a faithful hand will
Take and sift them --
Keep what is worth keeping -
and with the breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.
A quote attributed to George Eliot, who is, for the uninitiated, a female writer.
