"In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup And talk of the old country--mud and boards, Poverty, The snow falling down and necks of lovers."

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Source : Louis Simpson (2003). “The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001”, p.182, BOA Editions, Ltd.

Louis Simpson

#Country Quotes #Fall Quotes #Grandmother Quotes

“Once, he'd used it in song, but the songs in his heart had gone silent long ago, and he knew that one day so would his voice. A man with nothing inside him eventually had nothing to say.”
“For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.”
“Everything ends with flowers.”
“Two natures beat within my breast. The one is foul, the one is blessed. The one I love, the one I hate. The one I feed will dominate. -Anonymous”
“I think matching up Vietnam vets with these Iraqi vets would be a really great thing. When soldiers say only other soldiers can understand, that's what they're talking about: what it means to kill.”

Source : "Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq". Interview with Tucker Foehl, www.motherjones.com. October 28, 2004.
“Not only has President Bush broken his word on funding, he has not put in the effort required to turn this excellent idea into a lifesaving reality.”
“This is Not Another Revolution. This is a Civil Rights Movement”
“I try my best to be honest. A lot of the greats before me did the same and what you come to find out is that, when you have the opportunity to share your words with millions of people, you're not the only one who had that experience. That's the beauty in it.”

Source : Source: truelaurels.tumblr.com

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