"Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota"

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Source : James Wright (2011). “The Branch Will Not Break: Poems”, p.16, Wesleyan University Press

James Wright

#Lying Quotes #Islands Quotes #Hammocks Quotes

“If I wanted to be free, truly free, I had to choose. There were many points on the compass rose; I had to locate the few that were meant for me. Not any destination picked at random; I had to head for those that summoned me with a passion, for they were the ones that gave meaning to my life. I had to ignore the warnings of those who would tell me why I couldn't do what I wanted to do.”
“Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.”
“Homemade sweaters are always itchy.”

Source : "Knitters' Revenge". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Carl Kasell, www.npr.org. August 17, 2013.
“Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.”

Source : Alan Bennett (2012). “Hymn and Cocktail Sticks”, p.62, Faber & Faber
“When you learn to say yes to yourself, you will be able to say no to others, with love.”
“Having to know the answers puts in terrible positions from which to learn.”
“In a knowledge-driven economy, talk is real work.”

Source : Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak (2013). “Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know”, p.90, Harvard Business Press
“And if you love the light, then you come to the light to be proved, and tried whether your works be wrought in God. But that which hates the light, turns from the light, and that shall be condemned by the light forever. And though you may turn from the light, where the unity is, and you may turn from the eternal truth; but from the witness of God in your consciences, (which he hath places in you, which beareth witness for the living God,) you can never fly; that shall pursue you wherever you go.”

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