"If I defer the grief I will diminish the gift."

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Source : Eavan Boland (2008). “Eavan Boland: A Critical Companion : Poetry, Prose, Interviews, Reviews and Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Eavan Boland

“Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily..”
“I think Confederate Battle Flag is a symbol that causes a great deal of division and reminds us of a really hurtful legacy and past... I think there are some Southerners, black and white, who feel as though the rest of the country looks down on the South as uneducated and backward. And for some people, that was a symbol of defiance against that.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Don't ask me about this building or that one, don't look at what I do, see what I see.”
“The world is speaking to you every day, you just don't know how to listen.”
“When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices. The mighty climb down. The humble are elevated.”
“In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.”

Source : Clay Aiken (2004). “Learning to Sing”, p.240, Harper Collins
“I had this great teacher, Milton Katselas, who was this loud Greek who had directed Bette Davis and Liv Ullmann, and brought Edward Albee to this country. He said, "Why do you keep trying to be a Rolex watch when you're the salt of the earth?" Except he said it much louder.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“For words of rapture groping, they"Never such love," swore "ever before was!"”

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