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“Stories do not change, only the lives they live in do.”
“There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.”
“Poetry arises from the desire to get beyond the finite and the historicalthe human world of violence and differenceand to reach the transcendent or divine. You're moved to write a poem, you feel ca...”
“Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.”
“Fighting and writings deepest layers of beauty lie not only in the physical and mental realms of what we know, but also as an incognizable instinct, a realm we will never fully know but will foreve...”
“Like forearm veins, my interests spread in different directions and eventually led to the hands, to writing.”
“And so many things get lost. Not just a set of keys or a photograph of your father with his first truck, but the door those keys once opened, the childhood house you long ago walked into, the fathe...”
“So resolute is the world to despise anything which carries with it an air of simplicity.”
“Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child al...”
“The whole world, as were coming to understand, is quivering in its place.”
“Even the most misfitting childWho's chanced upon the library's worth,Sits with the genius of the EarthAnd turns the key to the whole world.--"Hear It Again”
“His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world.”
“Write every day. Even if it's only a letter.”
“So avoid using the word very because its lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Dont use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that ende...”
“I think maybe today a poem I hopeafter breakfast I start tryingpulling it out of my own gutmostly by force”
“You pushed me down to the depths of my sorrow until I thought I wouldnt see the light of day again. You expected me to drown, didnt you? To be left there for an eternity, waiting for your hand to p...”
“Sometimes in this world, all you have is YOU!Stand strong and tall. No one will do it for you”
“You don't have to part the waters or move the mountain for me; just help me get across them, Lord, for I can do all things through Thee.”
“Lord, I'm thankful for every stumble because it was then that You lifted me; I'm thankful for every heartache that made me stronger than I knew I could be.”
“I'm strong beyond appearances reveal,But I'm human, and have weak moments still.”
