"Every poem, formal or free, has an ideal shape, and the job of the poet is to find it."

-- Peter Meinke

#Jobs Quotes #Shapes Quotes #Poet Quotes

“The only way I'm interested in having a baby is the old-fashioned way.”
“It is not â€œjust beer,â€ it is a noble and ancient beverage which, like wine, food and television advertising, can be extraordinarily good or unmercifully bad.”
“Hate. Huh. He'd never hated himself. If anything, he'd always liked himself a little too much. Once, a human female had even accused him of picturing his own face while he climaxed. He hadn't denied it, either, and next time he'd slept with her, he'd made sure to scream, "Strider" at the pivotal moment." --Strider, keeper of the demon of Defeat--”
“You need to get up in the morning and say, 'Boy, I'm going to - in my own stupid way - save the world today.'”
“This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.”
“The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.”
“When you can't smoke, if you stand and stare out of the window on your own, you're an antisocial, friendless idiot. If you stand and stare out of the window on your own with a cigarette, you're a philosopher.”
“Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the accent in their voices where you might be.”

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