"What we want is never simple."

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Source : "What We Want". Poem by Linda Pastan, as published in her book "Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998", 1998.

Linda Pastan

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“There is an herb named in Latine Convolvulus (i.e. with wind), growing among shrubs and bushes, with carrieth a flower not unlike to this Lilly, save that it yeeldeth no smell nor hath those chives within; for whitenesse they resemble one another very much, as if Nature in making this floure were a learning and trying her skill how to frame the Lilly indeed.”
“I feel what is in the air. I go with my instinct.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“The kernel of the 11th house is 'the urge to become something greater than we already are'.”
“Once I have the finished sculpture, Iâ€™ll put it out on the street or in nature or somewhere where it interacts with the environment. Really itâ€™s kind of the idea of turning the street into a stage and this sort of urban theater has a life of its own. If you have creative drive, and you need to manifest it, then you need some sort of medium to do that through. For me, it worked out with sculpture, and tape just is a means of doing sculpture.”
“hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot”

Source : Lee Child (2008). “Without Fail: A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.20, Penguin
“A man's jealousy is a social institution; a woman's prostitution is an instinct.”
“I look in the mirror and it's hard for me. I am really thin. I want to look fit and beautiful and sexy, and I can't.”

Source : "Giuliana Rancic: I know I'm too thin" by Aili Nahas, people.com. April 01, 2015.
“Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge.”

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