"In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to write beautiful prose where enthusiasm is conveyed by word choice and grammar."

-- Will Schwalbe

#Beautiful Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.”
“Triumphant capitalism has unleashed a powerful drive toward inequality, not improvement, in the social sphere.”

Source : "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.
“It's just life, so keep dancing through.”
“Moral beauty is the basis of all true beauty. This foundation is somewhat covered and veiled in nature. Art brings it out, and gives it more transparent forms. It is here that art, when it knows well its power and resources, engages in a struggle with nature in which it may have the advantage.”
“I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.”
“It doesn't matter what party you come from. The key thing is that you work on behalf of the people rather than on behalf of the party.”
“Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts. A shade is not easily taken by the throat and destroyed.”
“In my case dust has become Gold”

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