Roxy Rosen

“Ginger people! D'you know what they are? Our aborigines ... that's what! GINGERIGINES! Look at 'em ... they were 'ere first. All this is theirs!
Al Murray, Pub Landlord”
― Neil Oliver, A History of Ancient Britain

“The Norse runes and the Hebrew alphabet are simple letters for spelling words, but also deep symbols of cosmic significance.
This magical sense is preserved in our word for teaching children how to
manipulate letters to make words: spelling. When you "spell" a word correctly, you are in effect casting a spell, charging these abstract, arbitrary symbols with meaning
and power.”
― Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

“People who begin sentences with "I may be old-fashioned but—" are usually not only old-fashioned but wrong.”
― Robert Benchley

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”
― James Dickey