"how seasonably leaf and blossom uncurl and living things arrange their death, while someone from afar off blows birthday candles for the world."

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Source : Irving Layton (1977). “The Selected Poems of Irving Layton”, p.12, New Directions Publishing

Irving Layton

#Blow Quotes #World Quotes #Afar Quotes

“They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?”
“I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.”
“Teeth are always in style.”
“I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.”
“At night the cries of cats making love or fighting, their caterwauling in the dark, told us that the world was pure emotion, flung back and forth among its creatures, the agony of the one-eyed Siamese no different from that of the Lisbon girls, and even the trees plunged in feeling.”
“Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.”
“I love all kinds of movies. I'd especially like to make some, you know, violent crime drama.”
“If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end.”

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