"Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song."

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Source : Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885). “Poets of America”

Edmund Clarence Stedman

#Song Quotes #Joy Quotes #Singing Quotes

“In life, you don't get what you deserve; you get what you believe, plan, and expect.”
“Pressure on nerves causes irriatation and tension with deranged functions as a result. Why not release the pressure? Why not adjust the cause instead of treating the effects? Why not?”
“Gone! gone forever!-like a rushing wave Another year has burst upon the shore Of earthly being-and its last low tones, Wandering in broken accents in the air, Are dying to an echo.”
“Royce nodded. â€œInvest in crossbows. Next time stay hidden and just put a couple bolts into each of your targetâ€™s chests. All this talking is just stupid.â€ â€œRoyce!â€ Hadrian admonished. â€œWhat? Youâ€™re always saying I should be nicer to people. Iâ€™m trying to be helpful.”
“To be full of joy when looking at an oeuvre is not a little thing.”

Source : "Jours effeuillés: Poèmes, essaies, souvenirs". Book by Hans Arp, Gallimard, Paris, p. 571 (the book gathers almost all Arp's writings in prose and some important poetry), 1966.
“The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.”
“A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.”
“There is a moonlight note in the Moonlight Sonata; there is a thunder note in an angry sky.”

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