"What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but you've expressed it so much better.'"

-- Giles Andreae

#Thinking Quotes #Wow Quotes #Function Quotes

“Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored solutions jostle for my attention, they crowd its antechamber along with a host of diversions, my courtiers, wearing their colored clothes; caps and bells. And then once more the quiet mystery is present to me, the throng's clamor recedes: the mystery that there is anything, anything at all, let alone cosmos, joy, memory, everything, rather than void: and that, 0 Lord, Creator, Hallowed one, You still, hour by hour sustain it.”

Source : Denise Levertov (1997). “The Stream & the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes”, p.33, New Directions Publishing
“A goal isnâ€™t something you just arrive at and stop.You have to stay curious and hungry and foolish....”
“He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.”

Source : Irving Stone (1981). “Irving Stone, three complete novels”, Random House Value Publishing
“My parents came to this country after World War II, Jews from Czechoslovakia who had survived Auschwitz and Dachau. They settled with my sister in rural Ohio in the 1950s, where my dad became the town doctor and I was born.”
“The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.”

Source : Source: thehub.musiciansfriend.com
“The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible.”

Source : Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1921). “The Harp of God: Proof Conclusive that Millions Now Living Will Never Die; a Text-book for Bible Study Specially Adapted for Use of Beginners; with Numerous Questions and Scripture Citations ...”
“I will howl for you, human boy (...). I will hunt you in my girl skin but I'll celebrate as wolf.”
“Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career.”

Source : Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com

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