#Clouds Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Three Quotes
“I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never ever been acknowledged in the history books. John Winthrop wasn't off the boat ten seconds before he passes a law that homosexuals should be hanged. And then he hung 'em, including an attempt to hang his own son when he found out he was gay.”
“I am lucky enough to be married to someone who I believe in totally and who believes in me totally.”
“I'm a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me out to clubs. It was a revelation.”
“Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord's sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.”
“My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'”
“All the translations of a poem in all possible languages may add nuance to nuance and, by a kind of mutual retouching, by correcting one another, may give an increasingly faithful picture of the poem they translate, yet they will never give the inner meaning of the original.”
“If you see yourself as trying to beat the mountain, eventually the mountain will win. You don't conquer mountains, you cooperate with them.”
“The world would have you believe that you are not significant, out of touch, and out of style. But remember who you are-a child of God! You must have the courage to stand out and let your light shine like a beacon for all to see.”
Elizabeth Bishop Poet
Ezra Pound Poet
Helen Vendler Poet
John Ashbery Poet
Marianne Moore Poet
Robert Frost Poet
T. S. Eliot Playwright
Walt Whitman Poet
William Carlos Williams Poet
