"...a good poem contains both meaning and music"

-- Eve Merriam

#Writing Quotes

“In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.”
“Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract target. I think it is a real and achievable goal.”
“Me: Well, you see, I, uh, I'm a cancer survivor. Person #1: And how's that working out for you? Me: Well, you see, I, uh, used to have leukemia. Person #2: Dude, how come you're not, like, BALD? Me: Well, you see, I, uh, I had acute lymphocytic lymphoma when I was five. Person #3: Whoa. THAT must'a sucked. I once had my tonsils out...”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2011). “After Ever After”, p.54, Scholastic Inc.
“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.”
“When people nowadays say that Elvis was the first white guy to sound black, I have to shake my head; what can you do? At the time of 'That's My Desire' 1947 they were saying that I was the only white guy around who sounded black.”
“Call me 'Tuk-Tuk', and keep saying it, but remember I am the captain of Pakistan.”
“The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.”
“A painter with prestige among painters is bound to be discovered sooner or later.”

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