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Jorie Graham Quotes: A poem is a private story, after all, no matter how apparently public. The reader is always overhearing a confession.
         

A poem is a private story, after all, no matter how apparently public. The reader is always overhearing a confession.


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What poetry can, must, and will always do for us: it complicates us, it doesn’t ‘soothe.’

What poetry can, must, and will always do for us: it complicates us, it doesn’t ‘soothe.’



If there is anything I love most, in the poems I love, it is the audible braiding of that bravery, that essential empty-handedness, and that willingness to be taken by surprise, all in one voice.

If there is anything I love most, in the poems I love, it is the audible braiding of that bravery, that essential empty-handedness, and that willingness to be taken by surprise, all in one voice.



The primary function of the creative use of language - in our age - is to try to constantly restore words to their meanings, to keep the living tissue of responsibility alive.

The primary function of the creative use of language - in our age - is to try to constantly restore words to their meanings, to keep the living tissue of responsibility alive.



The storm: I close my eyes and, standing in it, try to make it mine.

The storm: I close my eyes and, standing in it, try to make it mine.



Oh how we want to be taken and changed, want to be mended by what we enter.

Oh how we want to be taken and changed, want to be mended by what we enter.



I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to negotiate seriously with it.

I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to negotiate seriously with it.



There are moments in our lives which, threaded, give us heaven—

There are moments in our lives which, threaded, give us heaven—



The way things work / is that eventually / something catches.

The way things work / is that eventually / something catches.



Brilliant, hard-earned and honest. The erasures and reappearances of figure and ground-that hard drama-have rarely been so movingly undertaken. A heartbreakingly beautiful work.

Brilliant, hard-earned and honest. The erasures and reappearances of figure and ground-that hard drama-have rarely been so movingly undertaken. A heartbreakingly beautiful work.



Towards the end of the season it is not bad to have the body. To have experienced joy as the mere lifting of hunger is not to have known it less.

Towards the end of the season it is not bad to have the body. To have experienced joy as the mere lifting of hunger is not to have known it less.





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Yet whenever I think of light, I’m always reminded of her.



Lucidity was a slippery thing and her hands were wet.

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But stronger and brighter than any other was his mate bond with Lana. She was in every beat of his heart, the very fire in his blood. How could anyone have ever doubted his feelings for her?

But stronger and brighter than any other was his mate bond with Lana. She was in every beat of his heart, the very fire in his blood. How could anyone have ever doubted his feelings for her?



Fame without Jesus Christ is a shame hereafter .

Fame without Jesus Christ is a shame hereafter .



I've had some pretty good arguments with people, but I've never regretted it. I've had people come up where it's all emotion and no fact. That's always sad.

I've had some pretty good arguments with people, but I've never regretted it. I've had people come up where it's all emotion and no fact. That's always sad.



I believe that God left certain drugs growing naturally upon our planet to help speed up and facilitate our evolution.

I believe that God left certain drugs growing naturally upon our planet to help speed up and facilitate our evolution.



I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.

I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.



For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.

For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.



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