"The artistic reward for refuting the received national tradition is liberation. The price is homelessness. Interior exile."

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Source : C.D. Wright (2012). “Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil”, p.39, Copper Canyon Press

C.D. Wright

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“It is not enough to ask, 'Will my act harm other people?' Even if the answer is No, my act may still be wrong, because of its effects on other people. I should ask, 'Will my act be one of a set of acts that will together harm other people?' The answer may be Yes. And the harm to others may be great. If this is so, I may be acting very wrongly, like the Harmless Torturers.”
“He had been alone in the world and empty for so long. But she filled him full, and so he believed everything that had been taken out of him might have been for a purpose. To clear space for something better.”

Source : Charles Frazier (1997). “Cold Mountain”, p.347, Atlantic Monthly Press
“She makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her.”
“One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I was given almost total freedom to read/write/look at whatever I wanted. I wonder a lot about how my past experiences, particularly my negative childhood (home life and being severely bullied/ostracized throughout school) as formed my/my thoughts/my writing, though I should also note those things were far from the only thing that had an impact on me/my writing.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship ...”

Source : Charlotte CHARKE (1826). “A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber ... Written by herself. With a portrait”
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
“You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.”

Source : Tennessee Williams (2004). “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, p.55, New Directions Publishing
“Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can't lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest.”

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