"Many things between Heaven and Earth fill me with wonder; but of all of these, the least wondrous to me are the wonders of Religion."

-- Karlheinz Deschner

#Heaven Quotes #Earth Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“I like the idea of the museum world and the university-academic situation where artists talk to each other or where artists or art students study with artists.”
“That's what I want, that kind of recklessness where the poem is even ahead of you. It's like riding a horse that's a little too wild for you, so there's this tension between what you can do and what the horse decides it's going to do.”

Source : Li-Young Lee, Earl G. Ingersoll (2006). “Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee”, p.128, BOA Editions, Ltd.
“The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," it is greatness itself.”
“It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me.”
“Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty.”
“Yes, I read. I have that absurd habit. I like beautiful poems, moving poetry, and all the beyond of that poetry. I am extraordinarily sensitive to those poor, marvelous words left in our dark night by a few men I never knew.”
“Leben verstehen wir Deutschen vielleicht nicht, aber sterben, das kÃ¶nnen wir fabelhaft! (We, the germans, might not be able to live, but to die, that we marvellously)”
“But I didnâ€™t dare. That has always been my trouble. Iâ€™ve never dared enough.”

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