"Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become."

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Source : Dan Simmons (2014). “The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion”, p.238, Spectra

Dan Simmons

#Reality Quotes #Mad Quotes #Poet Quotes

“The inherent lightness or darkness of a form - its local-tone - is a given quality of all forms. It is affected by, but separate from, the light and dark areas that result from light falling on forms.”
“The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. Itâ€™s to survive as yourself, undiminished.”

Source : Elia Kazan, Jeff Young (1999). “Kazan: the master director discusses his films : interviews with Elia Kazan”, Newmarket Pr
“How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.”
“We are at the very point in time when a 400-year old age is dying and another is struggling to be born - a shifting of culture, science, society, and institutions enormously greater than the world has ever experienced. Ahead, the possibility of the regeneration of individuality, liberty, community and ethics such as the world has never know, and a harmony with nature, with one another, and with the divine intelligence such as the world has never dreamed.”
“The greatest test of life is obedience to God.”
“He was pointing at the moon, but I was looking at his hand.”

Source : Richard Siken (2015). “War of the Foxes”, p.46, Copper Canyon Press
“There is a shortage of hard R. It was the story and the character. He's never played a character like this and so that was the thing that really won him over. The story itself, on the surface - Patrick and I love actors almost in a geeky kind of way.”
“I want to demystify what it means to leave a legacy for young people.”

Source : Source: www.theroot.com

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