"It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life."

-- David Whyte

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“Research is all well and good, but I definitely enjoy writing the most. I will happily sit at my computer and work on a single paragraph for hours. And there's no better feeling than when your writing is going well.”

Source : Source: keeperofthesnails.blogspot.com
“I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me.”
“Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.'”
“It seems like many people think that if you drive yourself crazy, then you can write. Iâ€™m absolutely not interested in that. It made sense to me to be as whole and well as I could be, and as happy. I wanted to see what a fortunate life would produce. What writing would come out of a mind that didnâ€™t try to torment itself? What did I have to know? What did I have to do rather than what can I torment and bend myself into doing? What was the fruit on that tree?”
“Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting.”
“The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq.”
“I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.”
“We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.”

Source : George Packer (2015). “Blood of the Liberals”, p.402, Macmillan

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