"Prose is walking; poetry is flying"

-- Galway Kinnell

#Flying Quotes #Poetry Is Quotes #Prose Quotes

“Maybe what life needs is a good soundtrack, especially during the long stretches when nothing interesting is being said. A soundtrack might dignify things a bit, ennobling us with the proper drama and tension and pathos.”

Source : Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books
“If you dissent without breaking the law then you are legitimizing the system that allows this kind of latitude. You have to break the law to touch the state.”

Source : Source: law-journals-books.vlex.com
“Itâ€™s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your readerâ€™s imagination when youâ€™re telegraphing your punches.”
“But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.”

Source : C. J. Sansom (2008). “Revelation”, p.259, Pan Macmillan
“Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.”
“Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.”
“I have even taught classes on writing about sex, and I've looked closely at different writers' sex scenes. On the level of craft I've given it a lot of thought. The pitfalls are simple: It can sound clinical or medical, which isn't right, or pornographic, because the characters disappear.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I was a general business major, which meant that in any business school and particularly at Smith School, which is a very good school, you do a lot of team projects. Well I was the guy who gave the presentations for the team projects.”

Source : "A $10 Business". "I Am American Business" Interview, www.cnbc.com. June 24, 2012.

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