"In nature there are few sharp lines"

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Source : A. R. Ammons (1968). “Selected poems”

A. R. Ammons

“Get out of your comfort zone. Wake up the sleeping giant in you.”
“Morality binds and blinds.”
“But Anne, do you love him?" I asked curiously. The curve of her hood hid all but the corner of her smile. "I am a fool to own it, but I am in a fever for his touch.”
“My wife is my best friend. The thought that people are afraid to go home to their partners for fear of being abused physically or emotionally makes me feel sick. It's not easy but you need to get help and get out.”
“You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.”
“When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.”
“I want to be remembered as a man who was positive, who made a difference, and who walked in God's light.”
“To be honest, Iâ€™m more concerned with living my life than writing about my life. I feel like thatâ€™s really the main thing I know now that I didnâ€™t know when I was younger â€” and that is that you have to have a life to write about one. If youâ€™re more worried about having experiences so you can write about them, I think youâ€™re kinda being ridiculous, and I think a lot of young people look at it like that.”

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