"A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail."

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Source : Ben Marcus (2007). “Notable American Women: A Novel”, p.54, Vintage

Ben Marcus

#Failing Quotes #Desperate Quotes #Aids Quotes

“I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.”
“she's the only thing that's made my life worth living and if that's all I get, a few months with her- a few days, it's more than I've ever hoped for (Luke)”
“Every error has its consequences and venges itself unto the seventh generation.”
“Writing is like everything else: the more you do it the better you get. Don't try to perfect as you go along, just get to the end of the damn thing. Accept imperfections. Get it finished and then you can go back. If you try to polish every sentence there's a chance you'll never get past the first chapter.”
“Galway Kinnell came out with that wonderful big, breathy, hollow voice of his and read, for the first time in public, "The Bear." That poem impressed me so much that I memorized it. I used it for years when I taught in prisons. It's a powerful extended metaphor for what the writing life is really all about. It's a uniquely powerful poem about self-transformation, and that's what we're asking, really, beyond even our objection to the war. We're asking people to look at themselves and think about what might be possible with a little self-transformation.”

Source : Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.
“The words of the social critic Eric Hoffer were ringing true: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket."”
“My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not”
“I've got to live my life. Bad things happen. I can't be sitting here worrying about it.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

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