"It is no use thinking that writing of poems - the actual writing - can accommodate itself to a social setting, even the most sympathetic social setting of a workshop composed of friends. It cannot. The work improves there and often the will to work gets valuable nourishment and ideas. But, for good reasons, the poem requires of the writer not society or instruction, but a patch of profound and unbroken solitude."

-- Mary Oliver

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“Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing”

Source : Time Out Interview with Brett Martin, April 1, 1999.
“Electing pro-choice Republican women can help foster a discussion that reflects the full spectrum of views and can lead to a more balanced and responsible public dialogue.”
“But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is. -Connor”
“He may be out of my life physically, but heâ€™ll always be a part of me. I canâ€™t let him go even if I tried. Alex took a piece of my heart, but that doesnâ€™t mean my life has to be on hold. I canâ€™t keep running after ghosts.”
“There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as running--and nothing quite so savage, so wild.”
“There's a million ways to live on this thing called a planet, I'mma live everyday, I ain't takin' nothing for granted.”
“The concessions of the privileged to the unprivileged are seldom brought about by any better motive than the power of the unprivileged to extort them.”
“I feel like women, especially in music, aren't really given as much respect as men. Sexism really exists.”

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