"There is no savor more sweet, more salt than to be glad to be what, woman, and who, myself, I am..."

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Source : Denise Levertov (1967). “The Sorrow Dance: Poems”, [New York] : New Directions

Denise Levertov

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“Prayer is the best answer to all of the trials that face us, because without prayer, even if we succeed in accomplishing some great goal in the eyes of men, we have failed in our sacred responsibilities, and thus we have failed in what is truly important.”
“Magic is the illusion which is created when a series of natural movements apparently causes an unnatural, or magical, result.”
“Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.”
“Type should be beautiful â€” Screw readable!”
“I am fond of saying that reading the Bible turned me into an atheist.”
“You cannot warm the hearts of people with God's love if they have an empty stomach and cold feet.”
“My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good.”
“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.”

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