"Often I'm struck by something that I read; then I go and research it a little more, especially if I begin a poem, and I find out that I need to know more. Then I usually get intrigued and excited about whatever it is I'm writing about."

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Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.

Pattiann Rogers

#Writing Quotes #Needs Quotes #Research Quotes

“Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.”
“I realized a long time ago that instead of being jealous you can be inspired and appreciative. It carries more energy to you... That can be an awesome motivating force that can improve your life if you choose to be inspired and not jealous. One (being jealous) has no benefit whatsoever, the other is an incredible resource for creating momentum and improvement.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 20, 2014.
“It's Web, and then everything else. It's social media first, and everything else.”
“Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.”

Source : Fyodor Dostoevsky (2003). “Brothers Karamazov”, p.428, Bantam Classics
“Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.”
“There is nothing wrong with God's creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.”
“But thy strong Hours indignant workâ€™d their wills, And beat me down and marrâ€™d and wasted me, And thoâ€™ they could not end me, left me maimâ€™d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus”
“What's great about art is that if you can reach people, if they hear or see what you do and it moves them, there's a commonality.”

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