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Damn wind shift sudden as a woman mind.


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For every poet it is always morning in the world; history a forgotten, insomniac night. The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world in spite of history.

For every poet it is always morning in the world; history a forgotten, insomniac night. The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world in spite of history.



Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.

Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.



Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor.

Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor.



Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe. I don't think there is any other function for the poet or the scientist in the human tribe but the astonishment of the soul.

Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe. I don't think there is any other function for the poet or the scientist in the human tribe but the astonishment of the soul.



The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.



The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins to sigh over, apart from the ruins of sugar estates and abandoned forts.

The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins to sigh over, apart from the ruins of sugar estates and abandoned forts.



The future happens. No matter how much we scream.

The future happens. No matter how much we scream.



Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.



The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome.

The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome.



If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.





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It feels good to push yourself into uncomfortable territory. There's nothing more thrilling than feeling like, "This train might just come off the rails right now, in front of these people".

It feels good to push yourself into uncomfortable territory. There's nothing more thrilling than feeling like, "This train might just come off the rails right now, in front of these people".



Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.



I love information. I can never get enough. I get bored easily.

I love information. I can never get enough. I get bored easily.



The Secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling and keep running.

The Secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling and keep running.



Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.

Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.



Let me tell you, we're still the best country on earth and we're going to take care of our people and we're going to protect this country and the people here.

Let me tell you, we're still the best country on earth and we're going to take care of our people and we're going to protect this country and the people here.



I can't go out with a Republican.

I can't go out with a Republican.



I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If wed had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If wed had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.



If we get total certainty, we get … bored out of our minds. So, God, in Her infinite wisdom, gave us a second human need, which is uncertainty. We need variety. We need surprise.

If we get total certainty, we get … bored out of our minds. So, God, in Her infinite wisdom, gave us a second human need, which is uncertainty. We need variety. We need surprise.




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