Margarita Engle famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our minds left behind in battle.
-- Margarita Engle

#Mind #Battle #Lost
If only the peace I feel right nowcould be stored up and released laterwhen cruelty surrounds mein the darkduring nightmares.
-- Margarita Engle

#Nightmare #Cruelty #Feels Right
That is how I think of peace and peace of mind-as timid birds that we have to search for, not bold ones that come looking for us.
-- Margarita Engle

#Thinking #Bird #Mind
When Reason BreaksÂ is infused with a rare blend of suspense and sensitivity, despair and hope. The poetic spirit of Emily Dickinson shines through the gloom of daily struggles faced by modern teens, as they discover the possibilities where they dwell.
-- Margarita Engle

#Struggle #Shining #Despair
In Latin America in general, and Cuba in particular, poets have been the inspiration behind struggles for independence, struggles for freedom of all sorts.
-- Margarita Engle

#Latin #Struggle #Inspiration
I feel certain that words can be as human as people, alive with the breath of compassion.
-- Margarita Engle

#Compassion #People #Alive
Opinions. Ideas. Possibilities. So many! How can I choose? Between bursts of lightning-swift energy, I enjoy peaceful moments when the whole world seems to be a flowing river of verse and all I have to do is learn how to swim.
-- Margarita Engle

#Ideas #Rivers #Swim
I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar!
-- Margarita Engle

#Ordinary #Way #Soar
Joy and truth both have a way of peeking through any dark curtain.
-- Margarita Engle

#Dark #Joy #Peeking
My mind soarsand whirlsin a danceof wild fearand graceful hope.
-- Margarita Engle

#Mind

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