"...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart."

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Source : Louise Bogan (1970). “A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation”, New York : McGraw-Hill

Louise Bogan

#Heart Quotes #Giving Quotes #Despair Quotes

“Theres nothing wrong with making the best of ones declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that were seriously in range of finding therapies that actually work against ageing, this apathy, of course, becomes an enormous part of the problem.”
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.”
“We live in our fantasies and endure our realities.”
“Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.”
“His divine spark lives within me, a presence that will never leave. And I am but one of many tools He has at His disposal. If I cannot act - if I refuse to act - that is a choice I am allowed to make. He has given me life, and all I must do to serve Him is to live. Fully and with my whole heart. With this knowledge comes a true understanding of all the gifts He has given me.”
“I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.”
“I think comedy is funnier when it's real.”
“Nature's beauty never fails to fill me with a sense of wonder and awe, and still, I refuse to go camping.”

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