"And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth."

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Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “All of Us: The Collected Poems”, p.424, Vintage

Raymond Carver

#I Love You Quotes #Want Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough consecration, the ability of self-littleness, an absolute losing of one's self in God's glory and an ever present and insatiable yearning and seeking after all the fullness of God.”
“Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.”
“Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.”
“Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.”
“I realized that every moment in all our lives - past, present, future, known, unknown, and unknowable - exist simultaneously, as though outside of what we know as time. I became aware that I already was everything I was trying to attain, and I believe that's true for everyone. All things that we perceive as positive, negative, good, or bad, are simply parts of the perfect, balanced Whole.”
“You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.”

Source : Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.337, Courier Corporation
“Small-scale fisheries should not be favoured over large-scale operations ebcause of romantic notions of rugged small operators battling both the elements and anonymous corporations. [They ought to be supported] because of the scientific evidence available to confirm the common-sense inference that local fishers, if given privileged access, will tend to avoid trashing their local stocks, while foreign fishers do not have such motivation.”
“Spooky wild and gusty; swirling dervishes of rattling leaves race by, fleeing the windflung deadwood that cracks and thumps behind.”

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