Susan Temple

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
― W.H. Auden, New Year Letter

“You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.”
― Hemingway, Ernest