"My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, Give and Take, was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss."

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Source : "PBS Newshour’s Poetry Series: Where Poetry Lives" by Jonterri Gadson, therumpus.net. September 13, 2013.

Natasha Trethewey

#Memories Quotes #Loss Quotes #Aunt Quotes

“We played well all the way until, like, the second quarter.”
“Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”

Source : Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.90, Universities Press
“The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.”
“It was a real revolution. But with one missing feature. That is the feeling in a people that "We have done it once, and if the new lot let us down, we can do it again!" It was that proud, menacing confidence which made the French revolution special. But it's not around in 21st-century Europe. After 1989, the people handed over liberty to the experts. Will they ever want it back?”
“Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste their power, But by her breath her beauties to renew.”
“I never believe anything in the world of entertainment until it actually happens and the check clears the bank.”
“Golf is a funny game. It's done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I'm the healthiest idiot in the world.”
“For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.”

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