"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light."

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Source : Theodore Roethke (2006). “Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63”, p.40, Copper Canyon Press

Theodore Roethke

#Nature Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Flower Quotes

“It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations that are not in line with democratic rules.”
“Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted to that, they think you are that.”
“I've always wanted to improve and expand on the good name of my weapon by doing good things.”
“There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.”
“My little sister Aliana's opinions are the most important to me. She says, 'I want to look like you, you're so pretty!' But she is very beautiful and so she is trouble in the making! She wants to do what I do. I'm like her second mother and I am very protective of her.”
“The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called ''significant literature'' will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles.”
“All I cared about in tennis was winning.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly.”

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