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“Shocked? I consider Bob one of the constellations of our time — of our country — America — a bright, magnificent constellation. Besides, all the constellations—not alone of this but of any time—shock the average intelligence for a while. In one respect that helps to prove it a constellation. Think of Voltaire, Paine, Hicks, not to say anything of modern men whom we could mention.
{Whitman's thoughts on his close friend, the great Robert Ingersoll}”
― Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
{Whitman's thoughts on his close friend, the great Robert Ingersoll}”
― Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
“How beautiful you must be
to have been able to lead me
this far with only
the sound of your going away”
― The Moon Before Morning
to have been able to lead me
this far with only
the sound of your going away”
― The Moon Before Morning
“I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.”
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“It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I can't wait until morning -- it'll be gone."
[Maria Shriver Interviews the Famously Private Poet Mary Oliver (O Magazine, March 2011)]”
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[Maria Shriver Interviews the Famously Private Poet Mary Oliver (O Magazine, March 2011)]”
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