"Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear."

-- Helen Dunmore

#Writing Quotes #Sound Quotes #Ears Quotes

“My brain kind of rolls pretty fast when I'm conscious. It's constantly looking for stuff to do. Like if I'm in my house and I'm hanging out, I tend to be listening to music whilst watching a film whilst sending e-mails.”
“Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.”
“The lady ... is an anomaly to which the western nations of this planet have grown accustomed but which would require a great deal of explanation before a Martian could understand her.”
“I guess that's what Little League is all about -- trying.”
“To seek Truth is to deny Truth to being with. To seek Truth is to avoid Truth, constantly.”
“I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.”
“The content that Jessica Nigri puts out, really displays cosplay in the wrong light.”

Source : "COSPLAY: Jessica Nigri As Portgas D. Ace & Miss Monday", www.comicbookmovie.com. October 8, 2013.
“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”

Source : Walker Evans (2004). “Many are Called”, p.202, Yale University Press

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