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“In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings ... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it.”
Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.1, Wave Books
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“The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.”
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“I love failure. It's stuff that I'm thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it.”
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“Be conscious of one another and everything that we are connected to in this world of ours (not just your relatives and friends).”
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“I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?”
Source : Leo Durocher, Ed Linn (2009). “Nice Guys Finish Last”, p.11, University of Chicago Press
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“Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.”
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“You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.”
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“As for being AIDS infested, I don't know yet, I'm too scared to get tested.”
