"God have mercy on the sinner Who must write with no dinner, No gravy and no grub, No pewter and no pub, No bellyand no bowels, Only consonants and vowels."

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Source : 1955 Poems and Essays,'Survey of Literature'.

John Crowe Ransom

#Writing Quotes #Vowels Quotes #Pewter Quotes

“Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together.”
“A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.”
“The need for love and intimacy is a fundamental human need, as primal as the need for food, water, and air.”

Source : "Shining a Light in the Darkness" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 1, 2012.
“Granted: I AM an inmate of a mental hospital; my keeper is watching me, he never lets me out of his sight; there's a peep-hole in the door, and my keeper's eye is the shade of brown that can never see through a blue-eyed type like me.”
“I'm really fortunate to have been to the schools I've been to, and to have the experiences I've had. And, partly since my parents are retired teachers, I've got the desire to give back. When I knew that I had that instinct, I got certified (through the Creativity Coaching Association) and I started working with artists of all kinds - though now I focus on writers.”
“If form follows function, as we know it does in this Universe, then consciousness will adapt to whatever form it requires in order to function. Hopefully, it will also develop its fundamental function; what that is may be debatable within many schools of thought, but it is indisputable that evolved thinking recognizes the universality of Life.”
“Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.”
“If Yugoslavia is to exist, it can exist only as an alliance, a confederation of independent states.”

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