"Your voices break and falter in the darkness, Break, falter, and are still."

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Source : Bret Harte (1871). “That heathen Chinee, and other poems mostly humorous”, p.113

Bret Harte

#Voice Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Bells Quotes

“You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to read.”
“I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.”
“Children know how to be cruel, and the cruelty of their elders is the surest residue of the malaise the young feel toward things strange, things other, things that reveal our own ignorance or insufficiency”
“The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much.”
“Perhaps the attempt to achieve grace by identification with the animals was the most sensitive thing which was tried in the whole bloody history of religion .”
“The composition happens as the work progresses. Often the messy background makes it easy to disperse shapes as needed. I'd rather it took over me than I took over it.”
“You can say I'm a hater. But I would argue I'm a lover. I'm a lover of traditional families and of the right of children to have a mother and father... I would argue that the future of America hangs in the balance, because the future of the family hangs in the balance. Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?”
“If we have a heart to learn and a willingness to follow the example of children, their divine attributes can hold a key to unlocking our own spiritual growth.”

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