"I've never thought of my poems as violent. Violence, to me, has so much negativity attached to it - maybe that's my trouble with the word. But ferocious - indeed, I'll take it. And yes, poetry does need a bit of ferocity. Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity - the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty."

-- Alex Lemon

#Negativity Quotes #Violence Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.”
“It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too”
“The people who present themselves as normal and nice and good are often the scariest monsters in the world.”

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“The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.”
“Remember the steam kettle; though up to its neck in hot water it continues to sing.”

Source : "Sales Speech: Eat Your P’s If You Want to Grow Rich" by Peter Bennett, www.laverneonline.com. November 29, 2012.
“You cannot be both fashionable and first-rate”
“Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.”
“Any woodthrush shows it - he sings, not to fill the world, but because he is filled.”

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