"Huddled around the fire of the alphabet..."

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Source : Carole Maso (1997). “Aureole: An Erotic Sequence”, Ecco Press

Carole Maso

#Fire Quotes #Alphabet Quotes

“It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.”
“I usually begin a poem in longhand. I like to sit where I have a nice view, ideally, although I worked on haiku this weekend at an airport. I'm not one to romanticize inspiration. I try to get to the work.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea of the changes in store. In the summers, I'd backpack through Europe, follow the Grateful Dead. I had a car and a tent and traveled around the Great Lakes and out West. Jack Kerouac was my guiding light, his 'On the Road' a sacred text.”
“Are you an Israeli? I don't debate with Israelis. I have been misled, sorry I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis”

Source : "George Galloway refuses to debate with Israeli student at Oxford" by Warren Murray, Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.
“Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.”
“There are half hours that dilate to the importance of centuries.”

Source : Mary Hartwell Catherwood (2012). “Lazarre”, p.105, tredition
“The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.”
“The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.”

Source : Gustave Le Bon (1947). “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind”, p.83, Lulu.com

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