"A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire."

-- Adrienne Rich

#Desire Quotes #Might Quotes #Revolutionary Quotes

“Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.”
“When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.”
“[T]he vast regulatory structure the federal government has erected in the name of the commerce power cannot be ended overnight, in many cases, but the pretense that such programs are constitutional can be ended, even as the programs themselves are phased out over time.”
“seven times down eight times up like the Daruma doll”
“That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.”

Source : Gideon Defoe (2010). “The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab”, p.47, Vintage
“You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success- none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.”
“I'd love to be an artist that's multifaceted. At the moment, I am not. But wouldn't that be cool if I was like, 'Yeah, let me pull out my guitar and play you a song.' I would adore that. I am so far not gifted in that way. But I am a very hard worker and a very determined person, so who knows?”
“When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.”

Source : "Fo delights his audience with boyhood tales" by Kirsty Scott, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2005.

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