"Paul Otrembaâ€™s remarkable first book,Â The Currency,Â is an intriguing foray into lyricÂ epistemology that tries to come to ter ms with the implacable, paradox-ridden nature ofÂ knowledge and experience. These are deeply felt, deeply meditated poems guided by a sensibilityÂ highly attenuated to the physical world. In their openness to friendship and love and in theirÂ fearless directness, they remind me of the work of Larry Levis and Jon Anderson. Like LevisÂ and Anderson, Otremba promises to be an influential and important voice for his generation."

-- Michael Collier

#Book Quotes #Voice Quotes #Fearless Quotes

“Do not set out to make Mexican art, or American, Chinese, or Russian art. Think in terms of universality.”
“Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection, our gratitude for all His mercies, our penitence for our sins, our hope in His forgiving love, our submission to His authority, our confidence in His care, our desires for His favour, and for the providential and spiritual blessings needed for ourselves and others.”

Source : Charles Hodge (1874). “Soteriology, eschatology”, p.692
“I like lots of color and mix-and-match.”

Source : New York Times, August 2006.
“Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun... Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a Chi Omega, a woman's woman.”
“We can have unity in diversity and diversity in unity. We don't have to be like one another to enjoy sisterhood.”
“If you say my eyes are beautiful, it's because they are looking at you.”

Source : Song: If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
“The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred and ingrown and finally emerged from the Kentucky hills like some remnant of Attila the Hung's barbarian horde. Flick said that they had webbed feet and only three toes. It might have been true.”
“The only solution is to kill 600 people in one night. Let the UN and Bill Clinton and everyone else make a scene - and it is over for 20 years.”

Source : "BBC plots Alan Clark drama" by Chris Tryhorn, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2003.

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