"The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the power of man to realize is gagged at the peril of the group that binds him. He is the true revolutionary: he builds a new world."

“I always loved the idea that a photograph was a memory frozen in time.”

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“And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own.”

“Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those who get published.”

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“Sure, there are plenty of ways to waste this day. But you now have the chance to choose to make good and valuable use of it. Now is an opportunity to create value. And that opportunity cannot be delayed until later. Now is yours to use for whatever rich and fulfilling purpose you can imagine. Stand up, step forward, and get busy making the very best of now.”

“The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.”

Source : "'My only ambition is to lead a good life. Full stop'". Interview With Cole Moreton, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2009.

“Forgiving is not forgetting. It is remembering and letting go.”

Source : Claudia Black (2009). “Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear”, p.1, Hazelden Publishing

“Hear the bells ringing they're singing "Christ is risen from the dead!" The angel up on the tombstone said, He is risen just as he said!”

“There's as much chance of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail.”