"To understand The signs that stars compose, we need depend Only on stars that are entirely there And the apparent space between them. There Never need be lines between them, puzzling Our sense of what is what."

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Source : John Hollander (1972). “Selected poems”, Harvill Secker

John Hollander

#Stars Quotes #Space Quotes #Needs Quotes

“See, decide, attack, reverse.”
“Jesus is all about inclusion not exclusion.”
“Leaders don't inflict pain - they share pain.”
“Somebody who's passionate about life and does their own thing.”
“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.”
“Much suffering, much unhappiness arises when you take each thought that comes into your head for the truth.”
“It was not my destiny, I kept thinking it would be, waiting for it to happen, but it never did, and I didn't care what people thought ... It was only boring old men who would ask me. And whenever they went, 'What? No children? Well, you'd better get on with it, old girl,' I'd say 'No! F*** off!'”

Source : "Helen Mirren confronts the final female taboo" By Sarah Rainey, www.telegraph.co.uk. February 4, 2013.
“I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help.”

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