"The ways we miss our lives are life."

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Source : Randall Jarrell, Mary Jarrell (1985). “Randall Jarrell's letters: an autobiographical and literary selection”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Randall Jarrell

#Missing Quotes #Way Quotes

“There were twelve dishes of lamb cooked in different rich sauces, with a monster bowl of strange oddments, which I imagine also belonged to the private life of a sheep, floating in rich gravy.”

Source : Rosita Forbes (1921). “The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara”
“Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.”
“What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
“When we choose to follow Christ in faith rather than choosing another path out ofÂ fear,Â we are blessedÂ with a consequence that is consistent with our choice.”
“How do you take something and make it special? The answer is a lot of hard work and a great deal of imagination.”
“San Francisco has only one drawbackâ€”â€˜tis hard to leave.”
“Is it permitted to differ with Kierkegaard? Not only permitted but necessary. If you love him.”
“The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.”

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