"Time has told me less than I need to know."

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Source : Gwen Harwood (2011). “Gwen Harwood: Selected Poems”, p.241, ReadHowYouWant.com

Gwen Harwood

#Time Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Land is an emotional subject with a farmer in India because it is his only means of income.”
“Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.”
“You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams.”
“It's when most of the guests have gone that the party really gets interesting - peering under the table and into the bath to see who's stayed and what shape they're in. It is then that those who are still conscious divulge things you had not known before: sometimes about themselves, sometimes about other people and sometimes about you. It does not necessarily make pleasant hearing but it is always fascinating. In the relaxed atmosphere, in the wake of the hubbub, they unwind and grow confidential - nay, indiscreet. If they are not already, they end up as your closest friends.”
“Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.”
“I sometimes wonder ... if the land is not destroying the people who inhabit it as the people who inhabit it are destroying the land. A magic continent, a Peculiar Treasure, stuffed with riches, millions in it are starving in the midst of plenty.”
“I do not understand what makes me take a picture. Cartier-Bresson talks about the decisive moment, the necessity to function with lynx eyes and silk gloves. Perhaps what happens when you press the shutter is an intuitive act infused with all you have learned.”
“One can get very fond of the people one meets in bars. The trouble is they then appear sort of different in the daylight and you realize that taking them with you is rather like taking a goldfish for a walk: not entirely correct, and surprising for the next people you run into.”

Source : Alice Thomas Ellis (1988). “Home Life Three”, Gerald Duckworth

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