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I never had much education in English poetry as such.


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Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.

Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.



One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.

One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.



To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.

To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.



The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them. The two symbola never perfectly match. Eros is in between.

The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them. The two symbola never perfectly match. Eros is in between.



You remember too much," my mother said to me recently. "Why hold onto all that?" And I said, "where can I put it down?

You remember too much," my mother said to me recently. "Why hold onto all that?" And I said, "where can I put it down?



Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.

Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.



Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.

Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.



Under the seams runs the pain.

Under the seams runs the pain.



When I desire you a part of me is gone.

When I desire you a part of me is gone.



If your way of life is writing, then everything that happens becomes a sentence.

If your way of life is writing, then everything that happens becomes a sentence.





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One day, I decided to be an island. I took off my clothes and walked into the sea, then floated there, bobbing along with the tide, suspended by my inflatable tube and water wings.

One day, I decided to be an island. I took off my clothes and walked into the sea, then floated there, bobbing along with the tide, suspended by my inflatable tube and water wings.



Haven't you noticed by this time that everyone's lives are full of things you can't understand? The exceptional thing is the thing you can understand.

Haven't you noticed by this time that everyone's lives are full of things you can't understand? The exceptional thing is the thing you can understand.



Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for family, for love, for belonging.

Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for family, for love, for belonging.



Today our achievements are so vast that the whole world has become interested in them.

Today our achievements are so vast that the whole world has become interested in them.



I mean, yeah, maybe our fate is sometimes fixed and unchangeable, but there are other times when its shaped purely by the actions we take.

I mean, yeah, maybe our fate is sometimes fixed and unchangeable, but there are other times when its shaped purely by the actions we take.



One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie.

One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie.



You strayed from the way and did not return because you were ashamed. It would be more logical if you were ashamed not to return.

You strayed from the way and did not return because you were ashamed. It would be more logical if you were ashamed not to return.



India has the right, if she only knew, of becoming the predominant partner by reason of her numbers, geographical position and culture inherited for ages.

India has the right, if she only knew, of becoming the predominant partner by reason of her numbers, geographical position and culture inherited for ages.



Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.

Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.



Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.

Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.




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