"What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you."

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Source : Richard Wilbur (2006). “Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Richard Wilbur

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“We all bear within us the potentiality for every kind of passion, every fate, every way of life. Nothing human is alien to us. If this were not so, we could not understand other people, either in life or in art. But inheritance and upbringing foster individual experiences and develop only a few of our thousands of possibilities. The others gradually sicken and die.”

Source : Max Reinhardt, Fraeda Parish (1973). “Max Reinhardt, 1873-1973: a centennial Festschrift of memorial essays and interviews on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth”
“As cities get more dense, you have people saying, "Why would you have an urban farm when you could have affordable housing on that property instead?" So there's an argument against it. Another huge thing is there's a brain drain toward growing marijuana. You know, if someone has a green thumb in an urban area, especially in places like Washington or Oregon where it's now totally legal, why wouldn't you just grow pot?”
“Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.”
“That seems to me the greatest American danger we're all in, that we'll bargain away the experience of being alive for the appearance of it.”
“Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.”
“To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.”

Source : Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.149, Pickle Partners Publishing
“With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.”
“It's the Roman numeral for 10. 5/5/89 is my birthday: 5 plus 5 is 10, and this is my tenth year since I got into music. 'X' is the 24th letter in the alphabet, and I will turn 24 when this album comes out. 'X' is also a metaphor, as in 'ex-girlfriend': it implies you're progressing and moving on in life, not holding on to the past and your old ways.”

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