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“do not write to be liked. Write to be remembered.”
― Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
― Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
“Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it.”
― All of Us: The Collected Poems
― All of Us: The Collected Poems
“i was going to die by my own hand and god jumped on me he said pull the trigger if you want i won't be angry its ok to kill yourself a young kid should not kill oneself but god said go ahead make my day what could i do then”
― A Crackup at the Race Riots
― A Crackup at the Race Riots
“I knew that I was dying.
Something in me said,
Go ahead, die, sleep, become as them, accept.
Then something else in me said, no,
save the tiniest bit.
It needn't be much, just a spark.
A spark can set a whole forest on fire.
Just a spark.
Save it.”
― The Last Night of the Earth Poems
Something in me said,
Go ahead, die, sleep, become as them, accept.
Then something else in me said, no,
save the tiniest bit.
It needn't be much, just a spark.
A spark can set a whole forest on fire.
Just a spark.
Save it.”
― The Last Night of the Earth Poems
“My advice to all young writers is quite simple. I would caution them never to evade a new experience. I would urge them to live life in the raw, to grapple with it bravely, to attack it with naked fists.”
― Ask the Dust
― Ask the Dust
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