"Whenever I get lost in a novel I just throw a poem in. What it does is flare up, and it's so illuminated that I'm able to see where to go. I write between these illuminations."

-- Kate Braverman

#Writing Quotes #Illumination Quotes #Poetry Quotes

“Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.”
“You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.”

Source : "All along the watchtower" by Nick Hasted, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2002.
“Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail.”
“Itâ€™s good to be here. Iâ€™m just trying to go through life without looking stupid. Itâ€™s not working out too well.”
“I don't think Apple has to own a content business.”
“It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.”
“Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.”
“In life you can be dealt a winning hand of cards and you can find a way to lose, and you can be dealt a losing hand and find a way to win. True in art and true in life: you pretty much make your own destiny. If you are by nature an optimistic person, which I am, that puts you in a better position to be lucky in life.”

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