"One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language."

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Source : Denise Levertov (1973). “The poet in the world”, New Directions Publishing Corporation

Denise Levertov

#Writing Quotes #World Quotes #Language Quotes

“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.”
“Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders.”
“Life is a big fat gigantic stinking mess, that's the beauty of it, too.”
“In a shared fish, there are no bones.”
“Recessions are great because they unlock the best people.”
“When I went through the break-up, I really looked for some kind of music, or art or literature that could say, "I've been in the same situation." I couldn't find anything at the moment, and that made me really sad.”

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“Thus every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.”
“As one California winemaker said, "We release no wine before the bank tells us that its ready."”

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