"For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot of practice to read poetry with pleasure. It's like learning to like asparagus."

-- Thomas M. Disch

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“Our generation must fulfill the most noble of duties by ensuring the survival of future generations through the most basic of survival mechanisms - adaptation.”
“Don't we all just really try to fake it well?”
“It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.”
“Even the law of gravitation would be brought into dispute were there a pecuniary interest involved.”
“I am not the best goalkeeper in the world, it is Vladimir Beara.”
“I won't work with people who won't give me the freedom to be me.”

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“Parenthood has the power to redefine every aspect of life - marriage, work, relationships with family and friends. Those helpless bundles of power and promise that come into our world show us our true selves- who we are, who we are not, who we wish we could be.”
“I'm a happy guy, but if I'm in a rare dark mood, I won't go out because I don't want to be horrible to people.”

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