"We are voyagers, discoverers of the not-known, the unrecorded; we have no map; possibly we will reach haven, heaven."

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Source : Hilda Doolittle (1998). “Trilogy”, p.43, New Directions Publishing

Hilda Doolittle

#Life Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Maps Quotes

“Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul, inspire thou in me something yet more, present further perversions to my smoking heart, and then shalt thou see how I shall plunge myself into them all!”
“Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adultâ€¦ Many people are often wrongâ€¦ Donâ€™t bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the publicâ€™s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“And the thought of that makes me want to open a vein, experience pain, know I'm alive, despite this living death.”
“I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is to say first draft, then put it aside for 24 hours then more drafts.”
“The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.”
“Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.”

Source : Roger Von Oech (2001). “Whack on the Side of the Head”, Mjf Books
“It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.”
“It is hard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because we are not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creating a new "pearl" as we are in being right.”

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