"As a woman I have felt encouraged and fed by and nurtured by the work of [Jack] Kerouac and others."

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Source : Source: logosjournal.com

Anne Waldman

#Feds Quotes #Felt Quotes

“In this room I have picked which gun was unloaded out of ten options. And then they pulled the trigger on me. I have picked stocks that went on to skyrocket. I have picked which pencil I would shove into Ms. Robertsonâ€™s ear until she kicked me out for thinking about it.”
“Even if only one guerilla cub survives the prolonged struggle, I am confident that he will raise the flag of Palestine overJerusalem... Jerusalem is destined to be the eternal capital of our sovereign, independent Palestinian state under the P.L.O. leadership.”
“Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake. I believe in public education; it did a great job for me. It deserves our support and encouragement.”
“I am a grateful... grapefruit.”
“I'm just a loyal person. I'm loyal to myself.”
“I like to see life with its teeth out.”
“Love is so small it can tear itself through the eye of a needle”
“From my own experience I can say that a bad back makes you hike slower, stove-up knees keep you from wading confidently, tendinitis of the elbows buggers your casting, and a dose of giardia can send you dashing to the bushes fifteen times in an afternoon, but although none of this is fun, it's discernibly better than not fishing.”

Source : John Gierach (2012). “No Shortage of Good Days”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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