"I'm a compulsive enjamber. I'm drawn to half-meanings created by the line, so that's definitely an element of craft that's always on my mind. And I'm a big devotee of the short line, of couplets and tercets, and of irregular stanzas with lots of white space. I've got to give the dense language room to breathe!"

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Anna Journey

#Always On My Mind Quotes #White Quotes #Space Quotes

“My family was always present when I needed them and sometimes felt even stronger emotions than me.”
“It is difficult to imagine how any behavior in the presence of another person can avoid being a communication of one's own view of the nature of one's relationship with that person and how it can fail to influence that person.”

Source : Paul Watzlawick, John H. Weakland, Richard Fisch (2011). “Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company
“Film is a battleground.”
“I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.”

Source : Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”
“The idea of being able to build things bottom up, atom by atom, has made [scientists] all into tinkerers. And all of a sudden scientists are seeking designers, just like designers are seeking scientists.”
“I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.”

Source : Nan Fairbrother (1965). “The House”
“Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.”
“I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.”

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