"Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart..."

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John Berger

#Poetry Quotes #Together Quotes #Violence Quotes

“Certain experiences you can't survive, and afterward you don't fully exist, even if you failed to die.”

Source : Nic Pizzolatto (2011). “Galveston: A Novel”, p.65, Simon and Schuster
“If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think.”
“Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.”
“Some are nice and some aren't. Some are smart, and others are about as bright as a wet match in a dark cave. In other words, pretty normal.”
“When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.”
“What is so fascinating about sitting around watching a bunch of pituitary cases stuff a ball through a hoop?”
“Once I became a cop. I dived into that career. I never wanted to be an LAPD officer because I thought 'LA is super dangerous, not the place I'd want to be a cop'. But as a boy of course I was into guns, cops and robbers, so that's why it was cool to me and thought 'Yeah I could do this job'.”
“It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and singing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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