"All night I dreamt of bonfires and burn piles and ghosts of men, and spirits behind those birds of flame. I cannot tell anymore when a door opens or closes, I can only hear the frame saying, Walk through."

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Source : Ada Limón (2010). “Sharks in the Rivers”, p.7, Milkweed Editions

Ada Limon

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“Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple.”
“Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.”

Source : "'Le Barbier de Séville' ('The Barber of Seville')". Play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Act 3, Scene 13, 1775.
“When you are not sure on what to do, choose a life that is most meaningful to you and make it a habit.”
“In rare cases, I've had music before I shot the movie. I think that for 'Good Will Hunting' I had an Elliot Smith record or a couple of them and I just somehow felt like the sound had something to it that reminded me of the story. So in that case there was music beforehand.”
“It was kind of unique and great to have two films coming out within a week. It certainly was a different experience for me”
“A citizenship of wholesale delegation and abdication to public and private power systems, such as prevails now, makes such periodic checks as elections little more than rituals.”
“I beat a brain tumor.”
“There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.”

Source : Adah Isaacs Menken (2002). “Infelicia and Other Writings”, p.80, Broadview Press

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