"I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!"

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Source : Louise Bogan (1973). “What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Louise Bogan

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“In summary, she did jump off a cliff, but she wasn't trying to kill herself. Bella's all about the extreme sports these days." I flushed and turned my eyes straight ahead, looking after the dark shadow that I could no longer see. I could imagine what he was hearing in Alice's thoughts now. Near-drowings, stalking vampires, werewolf friends . . . "Hm," Edward said curtly, and the casual tone of his voice was gone.”
“It has been calculated thatÂ one marginal win is worth $7 millionÂ andÂ we canÂ increaseÂ that by five percentÂ each yearÂ to figure out the value the NationalsÂ can expect to receive from Scherzer.”
“My library is an archive of longings.”
“Inactives-those whose feet are not placed on the path which leads to eternal life.”
“Never oversimplify yourself by using a single word or category to describe who you are. Take the time to tell your story.”

Source : FaceBook post by Derek Webb from Sep 06, 2011
“When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.”
“The State, it cannot be too often repeated, does nothing and can give nothing which it does not take from somebody. The Forgotten Man works and votes -generally he prays-but his chief business in life is to pay.”
“Only think that I am now writing in a room full of Claudes... almost of the summit of my earthly ambitions.”

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