"Alcoholism plus criminality plus whatever caused both in the first place form a combination that is very nearly happy-ending-proof."

-- Ariana Franklin

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“The label of 'marathoner' has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you.”

Source : Jeff Galloway (2000). “Marathon”
“I've always been more than a little mystified by poets who seem to think talking to people as directly as possible is a bad thing. I mean, I don't want to set up a straw man here: I understand that for many poets - and for me, at times - writing truly means writing in a way that is difficult, simply because the poem is trying to grasp for something elusive. So the difficulty of the poem is just unavoidable, and not in any way artificially imposed. So "as possible" is the key part of the phrase above, I suppose.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind.”
“Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation.”
“If a piece of burning charcoal be placed on a manâ€™s head, see how he struggles to throw it off. Similar will be the struggle for freedom of those who really understand that they are slaves of nature.”
“Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.”

Source : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Thomas Rees (1811). “Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-eastern Provinces of New Spain ; Performed in the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.188
“Each love is unique. Special. Giving to one never takes away from another.”
“I still think you people need to be curious [in order to absorb the culture]. You need to search Uzbekistani pop music.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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