"I survived, carried on, glad to be like a weed, a wild red poppy, rooted in life."

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Source : Marilyn Buck (2012). “Inside/Out: Selected Poems”, p.56, City Lights Publishers

Marilyn Buck

#Weed Quotes #Red Quotes #Poppies Quotes

“Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truths-it is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.”
“Metal is easily my favorite thing - Exodus and Anthrax and Megadeth - so it just kind of organically came through in the standup act.”
“I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either.”
“Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.”

Source : Gwendolyn Brooks (2005). “The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.109, Library of America
“The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.”
“If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy.”
“The eye always fills in the imperfections.”

Source : Rabih Alameddine (2002). “I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters”, p.243, W. W. Norton & Company
“Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.”

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