"To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life."

-- Gregory Orr

#Emotional Quotes #Self Quotes #Survival Quotes

“The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction...”
“For every man that ever walked the Earth, except maybe the sociopaths, when it comes to talking to pretty girls... it's just stark terror.”
“In an abusive relationship - we'll talk about men and women - women are often restrained, by words or out of fear, from leaving. They will tolerate abuse up to and including being put to death.”
“To me, having 500 rolls of fabric around is the most calming thing in the world. I think it's what football is to some guys.”
“Shape I may take, converse I may, but neither god nor Buddha am I, rather an insensate being whose heart thus differs from that of man.”

Source : "Tales of Moonlight and Rain". Book by Ueda Akinari, www.newyorker.com. 1776.
“Our salvation comes to us so easily because it cost God so much.”
“It's the age of reason for the anarchist.”
“Sometimes you're traveling a highway, the only road you've ever known and wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you. Sometimes you dont wake up. But if you happen to you know things will never be the same. Sometimes that's not so bad. Sometimes lives instersect, no rhyme, no reason, except, perhaps, for a passing semi.”

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