"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."

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Source : "In the Presence of America: A Conversation with Mark Strand". Interview with Katharine Coles, weberstudies.weber.edu. 1992.

Mark Strand

#Lasts Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Language Quotes

“The quality of your commitments will determine the course of your life.”
“My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we're going to have a team and call it Georgetown.”
“All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!”
“Two people may have one sensitivity, one action, one reaction and one feeling; it doesn't matter how much time and distance they have between themselves-that is the state of ultimate love.”
“I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.”

Source : Paul Rieckhoff (2006). “Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective”, p.311, Penguin
“She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams.”

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Tea Rose”, p.53, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Forget about the reasons why you can't in life and start to try”

Source : Song: Fly
“Our faith is really proven in the way we talk to ourselves. The loudest human voice you will listen to is your own. Choose your words wisely.”

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