"All I say cancels out, Iâ€™ll have said nothing."

-- Samuel Beckett

“Once I started writing all the time and interacting with poets, I made a conscious decision to identify myself as a poet. It's funny how much a single word can provide focus and direction. As soon as I claimed that identity, I started clearing more and more space for poetry in my life and applying poetic tools to other areas of my life. The world became a different place, and I witnessed it through different kinds of eyes.”
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”
“Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.”
“Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life.”
“David Grossman may be the most gifted writer I've ever read. [To the End of the Land is] powerful, shattering, and unflinching. To read it is to have yourself taken apart, undone, touched at the place of your own essence.”
“I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.”
“The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs.”

Source : Maaza Mengiste (2011). “Beneath the Lion's Gaze: A Novel: A Novel”, p.29, W. W. Norton & Company
“A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.”

You may also like:

Albert Camus
Author
Bertolt Brecht
Poet
Eugene Ionesco
Playwright
Franz Kafka
Writer
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
Harold Pinter
Playwright
James Joyce
Novelist
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
William Butler Yeats
Poet