"Pilgrims are poets who create by taking journeys."

-- H. Richard Niebuhr

#Spiritual Quotes #Journey Quotes #Poet Quotes

“Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.”
“Nights without beginning that had no end. Talking about a past as if it'd really happened. Telling themselves that this time next year, this time next year, things were going to be different.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “All of Us: The Collected Poems”, p.121, Vintage
“Two points that are very important points to remember and ask: Is it real and does it work?”
“I don't mess around with the men in the coven, especially my Shadowblades," she said with quiet finality. Flirting was one thing but anything more, it was a mistake of epic proportions. His eyes narrowed and he gave a slow shake of his head. "That is all right then. Because I want so much more than just to mess around.”
“There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.”

Source : "Rupert bared". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2002.
“My dad's cool with that kind of stuff. He always wanted me to do my best. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.”
“Mechanized recreation already has seized nine-tenths of the woods and mountains; a decent respect for minorities should dedicate the other tenth to wilderness.”
“Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.”

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