"When I think of someone equating poems and machines, it makes me feel like that person would like poems to have a more obvious use value in society. They're not happy with poetry being this ephemeral, indefinable thing. They want it to be "real.""

-- Elaine Equi

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Machines Quotes

“Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.”
“Life is good, after all...and that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland.”
“I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago - I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago - whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.”
“Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.”
“A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.”
“Learn early, learn often.”
“If mourning is denied outlet, the result will be suffering,”
“I didn't care about anything. And there's a freedom in apathy, a wild, dizzying liberation on which you can almost get drunk. You can do anything. Ask Kevin.”

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