"Thereâ€™s plenty that poetry cannot do, but the miracle, of course, is how much it can do, how much it does do."

-- Mary Szybist

#Miracle Quotes #Doe Quotes #Plenty Quotes

“With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution.”
“Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9am it's because they were up all night.”
“Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.”
“Successful leaders develop effective strategies for maintaining their boundaries. ... Most time bandits don't know any better. And being a time bandit is a matter of context. One person's time bandit is another person's pleasant diversion. ... Instead of gritting our teeth to be polite and resenting the time bandit for holding us up, the best choice is to be honest. We cannot expect another person to honor our needs unless we affirm them ourselves.”
“Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings.”

Source : Kenneth B. Clark (1988). “Prejudice and Your Child”, p.37, Wesleyan University Press
“Love is, after all, a selfish thing; and it throws a black shadow on anything between which and the light it stands.”
“There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for.”
“Parents must have the courage to say no, to defend truth, and to bear powerful testimony.”

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