"But we have only begun to love the earth. We have only begun to imagine the fullness of life. How could we tire of hope?-so much is in bud."

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Source : Denise Levertov (2003). “Selected Poems”, p.137, New Directions Publishing

Denise Levertov

#Inspirational Quotes #Bud Quotes #Earth Quotes

“My mom is very Southern and she in real life says things like, 'If you've got it, flaunt it.'”
“THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE. Even what they eat and drink, these palefaces who don't know what wine istheir uglinesstheir pink sausage skin, horrible, they only live because there is penicillin,... the world as an Americanized vacuumtheir fake health, their fake youthfulnessthe way they use cosmetics even on corpses, their whole pornographic attitude to death.”
“You donâ€™t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because theyâ€™re true.”
“Initially I was very encouraged. Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my girlfriend looks like rather than, say, the largest program of suspicionless surveillance in human history.”
“I don't know if there is any specific way to handle emotional pain. Loved ones, music, and self-medicating seem to help me.”
“I dont see, based on the evidence, economic and moral, that we can make it that much further.”
“Joy is a sure sign of the presence of God in your life.”
“Every interview I do, when I'm asked about scientific issues, I say I'm not a climate scientist. I'm just giving you the informed layman's perspective... .”

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