"The things we fear about poetry are the things that are good about poetry."

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Jake Adam York

“It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.”
“The best part of writing is thinking about the story. And then everything else takes a lot of discipline.”
“As you become acquainted with a character you are creating, you add parts of yourself that are pertinent to that character.”
“The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind.”
“The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American Excess,”
“Look around at the azaleas making fuchsia star bursts in spring; look at a full moon hanging silver in a black sky on a cold night. And realize that life is glorious, and that you have no business taking it for granted.”

Source : Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)
“We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful â€” little animals, clawing at what we needed.”

Source : Justin Torres (2012). “We the Animals”, p.45, Granta Books
“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.”

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