"Let them make their war. Whence come night and day? Whence will the eagle become gray? Whence is it that night is dark? Whence is it that the linnet is green? The ebullition of the sea, How is it not seen?"

-- Taliesin

#War Quotes #Dark Quotes #Night Quotes

“I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security.”
“I'm a feminist at heart, and I'm totally aware of why people have an issue with this show.”
“To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time.”
“It is not easy writing someone a postcard. The size and shape of the card cut you down to size.”

Source : Ron Padgett (2013). “Collected Poems”, p.302, Coffee House Press
“You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like.”
“The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.”
“For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put aside while the one thing is done and little thought is needed to do it. ... His hatreds can be expressed without censure, he can let his emotions run free, he can behave as dramatically, as heroically as he likes, and no one laughs at him. It is almost impossible for a man to behave heroically in the cool and ordinary times of peace. But in war anything is allowed him, he is praised and applauded and made much of, as women are excused and allowed for in pregnancy.”
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.”

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