“People who read poetry have heard about the burning bush, but when you write poetry, you sit inside the burning bush.”
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“I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself.”
― Fantastic Mr. Fox
― Fantastic Mr. Fox
“We move but our words stand
become responsible
for more than we intended
and this is verbal privilege”
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become responsible
for more than we intended
and this is verbal privilege”
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“We don't talk, we hold forth. We don't converse, we expound.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.”
― The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007
― The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007
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