"And so we turn the page over. To think of starting. This is all there is."

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Source : John Ashbery (1981). “Shadow train: poems”, Viking Adult

John Ashbery

#Thinking Quotes #Pages Quotes #Starting Quotes

“Now that I can see it's the queen's new clothes Now that I can hear all your poison prose Now that I can talk with my tongue unfroze I'm not so sure of Santa or the buck tooth fairy There are no words for me inside your dictionary”
“The things most worth wanting are not available everywhere all the time.”
“You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.”
“Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.”
“Comfort is the enemy of the artist.”
“Our information lives will be better served when we are free to get to our information from wherever we are, with any device available.”
“The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.”
“A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation, visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have mercy on you' when one sneezes.”

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