"I wanted a line in a poem to be the hollow ney of the dervish orchestra whose plaintive wail is a call to God. But all I achieved was awkward shrieking. Not even the pure shriek of a reed in the rain."

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Anne Michaels

#Rain Quotes #Poetry Quotes #Awkward Quotes

“Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.”
“Nothing in the world can replace the modern swimsuit, and it practically has.”
“Stumbling is not falling.”
“We believe that arithmetic as it has been taught in grade schools until quite recently has such a meagre intellectual content that the oft-noted reaction against the subject is not an unfortunate rebellion against a difficult subject, but a perfectly proper response to a preoccupation with triviality.”
“Most of the book deals with things we already know yet never learn.”
“When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.”
“I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.”

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“We [Libyans] support the Palestinian resistance, and all the world supports this. We support their just cause, but we are against terrorism.”

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