"I make no apology for writing in nature's age-old and unaging language, of whose images we build our paradises, Broceliande and Brindavan, the Forest of Arden, Xanadu, Shelley's Skies, or even Wordsworth's Grasemere, which can be found on no map."

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Source : Kathleen Raine (1989). “Selected Poems”, p.6, SteinerBooks

Kathleen Raine

#Writing Quotes #Apology Quotes #Sky Quotes

“A treaty cannot be made which alters the Constitution of the country, or which infringes and express exceptions to the power of the Constitution.”
“You tend to think that there is a big gap between F1 and everything else. F1 is where all the fantastic drivers are, so you just don't know how good you are until you get there.”
“Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with all the passion and intensity of worship and devotion, even if we think ourselves as highly irreligious.”
“You can't let the highs get too high and you can't let the lows get too low.”

Source : "Win An Autographed World Cup Game Ball!". Interview with Kim Tranell, www.seventeen.com. September 14, 2011.
“You believe you could not live with the pain. Such pain is not lived with. It is only endured. I am sorry.”
“I entered the film industry sprinting, but not for long.”

Source : "Chika Anadu On Her Debut ‘B for Boy,’ Transitioning To Film, Telling ‘Women’s Stories,’ More". Interview with MsWOO, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2013.
“I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group.”
“Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.”

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