"Everything is symbolic. If they'd picked some middle-aged white guy, well, that would have been a symbol, but it wouldn't have been shocking because that's the expected norm, right? I felt I was a good match: here's an accomplished poet, and he's also gay and Latino."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Richard Blanco

#Gay Quotes #Guy Quotes #Poet Quotes

“Everybody's got money for vacation time. Look at how much we all spend just to get - well, I get sick on the loop-the-loop roller coasters. People pay money for that kind of experience. So I would certainly save up money, save several vacations worth of money, to go on a suborbital flight or any rocket flights.”
“Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.”
“I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan.”
“She was by nature a sunny soul”

Source : Jean Webster (2015). “Daddy-Long-Legs”, p.5, Sheba Blake Publishing
“It's no disgrace to be old. But damn if it isn't inconvenient.”
“I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home for Christmas.'”
“The moments you are given are your true wealth. You don't need power, influence, or fame. The sunlight brings the power; the wind carries the influence. And as for fame, well, when you allow yourself to notice all those hands that have made your growth possible, you will also recognize what you have made possible for countless others â€” and how famous you already are. In this very moment, one of those others may be telling a story about how you helped them grow forward.”

Source : Dawna Markova (2010). “Spot of Grace: Remarkable Stories of How You DO Make a Difference”, p.20, New World Library
“Someone said DX over here? It was this dipshit with the cowboy hat over here.”

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