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“there is nothing more alienating than having one’s pleasures disputed by someone with a theory.”
― Desire/Love
― Desire/Love
“I’m still alive, I have time to build
My blood will outlast the rose.”
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My blood will outlast the rose.”
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“then the voice in my head said
WHETHER YOU LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE
OR LIVE IN DIVIDED CEASELESS
REVOLT AGAINST IT
WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE ”
― In the Western Night: Collected Poems, 1965-1990
WHETHER YOU LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE
OR LIVE IN DIVIDED CEASELESS
REVOLT AGAINST IT
WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE ”
― In the Western Night: Collected Poems, 1965-1990
“I thought: please don’t grow
familiar. I think I said it out loud:
Please don’t let me love you
that horrible way.”
― And Her Soul Out Of Nothing
familiar. I think I said it out loud:
Please don’t let me love you
that horrible way.”
― And Her Soul Out Of Nothing
“it may be very clear indeed who “owns” culture. It is pronounced in the official language all must learn to speak, is declared if you can’t afford to buy the garments that you are employed to sew, and is evident if your call to 911 fails to bring emergency assistance to your neighborhood.”
― Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics
― Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics
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