"Is there a mechanism of death, that so mutilates existence no one, gets over it not even the dead?"

--

Source : "When the Towers Fell" by Galway Kinnell, www.newyorker.com. September 16, 2002.

Galway Kinnell

#Existence Quotes #Over It Quotes #Get Over Quotes

“A man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum.”
“I believe history will come to view 9/11 as an event on par with November 22, 1963, the date on which John F. Kennedy was murdered, cutting short a presidency that was growing ever more promising. Dreams died that day in Dallas; it is easy to imagine the 1960s turning out rather differently had President Kennedy lived.”
“I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life-hit.”
“There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem”
“I believe that most of what was said of God was in reality said of that Spirit whose body is Earth.”
“Dont you know... I'm the boggyman."-St. Dane”
“I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.”
“But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and technology.”

Source : "My Life & My Views". Book by Max Born, 1968.

You may also like: