"Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings And some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt Or the body to shriek without pain."

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Source : Craig Raine (2016). “My Grandmother's Glass Eye: A Look at Poetry”, p.155, Atlantic Books Ltd

Craig Raine

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“Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right.”
“For a while I took Ecstacy when it was not very available over here. I took it simply because it made me feel that everything was wonderful.”
“To think is to destroy. The very process of thought indicates it for the same thought, as thinking is decomposing.”
“Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was born, and of Galway, where he spent his later years.”

Source : Lady Gregory (2012). “Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish”, p.2, tredition
“Time for solitude. God, I ask you to remake my heart. Fill it with what You love. Remove from it what You donâ€™t. And mend what Iâ€™ve broken.”
“However old you are, however much you love life, however happy you are, how healthy you are, it doesnâ€™t matter. Nothingâ€™s guaranteed. And I think it made me want to take that risk to expose myself as me and not as a version of myself. I donâ€™t become Jessie J. I might put a nicer pair of heels on and a cooler outfit, but Iâ€™m still that naughty girl who likes a slice of cheesecake on my day off.”
“A fellow with the smallest mind is the one who is usually most willing to give someone a piece of it.”
“There is a place deep inside every single on of our hearts that knows all the answers to our biggest questions.”

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