"The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?"

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Source : Karl Jay Shapiro (1953). “Poems, 1940-1953”, New York : Random House

Karl Shapiro

#Father Quotes #Giving Quotes #Body Quotes

“Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.”
“The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.”
“Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun.”
“Believe it or not, I thank my mom for how she raised me in a neighborhood daily to jump and chase me. It only made me what I am today.”
“Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings.”
“It is Israel that must recognize Palestine's rights. We cannot believe in empty statements, twiddle our thumbs and watch our children getting killed. Israel must end occupation and aggression, and our actions won't take much longer after that.”
“Suckers have no business with money anyway.”
“I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future.”

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