"I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words."

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Source : Theodore Roethke (2001). “On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose of Theodore Roethke”, p.203, Copper Canyon Press

Theodore Roethke

#Beautiful Quotes #Overwhelmed Quotes #Disorder Quotes

“A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia.”
“Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.”
“For woman's chief want is to feel that she is wanted. Therefore it is that with women, cruelty is more easily borne than coldness. Indeed, It is astonishing how much downright cruelty a woman will stand from the man she loves or has loved. What women admire is a subtle combination of forcefulness and gentleness. If a woman has to choose between forcefulness and gentleness, always she will sacrifice the latter.”
“The sports are also hard on my body, and I do have a longstanding bad back due to an injury some years ago. I don't regret any part of it though. I love what I do and my sporting career has taken me to some wonderful places and seeing the world.”
“With the evolution of technology, kids really need to be computer-savvy.”
“And besides; the problem of land, at its worst, is a bye one; distribute the earth as you will, the principal question remains inexorable, Who is to dig it? Which of us, in brief word, is to do the hard and dirty work for the rest, and for what pay?”
“I would love to say how nice it is to see you again, but that would be a lie. And I am nothing if not honest.”
“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”

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