"Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe, and restores to us forgotten paradises."

-- Edith Sitwell

#Heart Quotes #Eye Quotes #Secret Quotes

“Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes....”
“At the start of the eighties, Tony and I [Tony Wakefield was one of the original members of DIJ] were involved in radical left politics and beneath it history students. In search of a political view for the future we came across National Bolshevism which is closely connected with the SA hierarchy. People like Gregor Strasser and Ernst RÃ¶hm who were later known as 'second revolutionaries' attracted our attention.”
“I flipped the good doctor the bird. Snorting, Gideon caught my hand and pulled me back down the hall. "What is it with you and giving people the finger?" "What? It's a classic.”
“I opposed the Suez war, I opposed the Falklands war. I opposed the Libyan bombing and I opposed the Gulf war and I never believed that any of those principled arguments lost a single vote - indeed, I think they gained support though that was not why you did it. What has been lacking in Labour politics over a long period is a principled stand”
“Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round.”

Source : Roy Blount, Jr. (2016). “Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations”, p.86, Macmillan
“Our parents got to be kids. Now it's our turn.”
“Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.”
“Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity.”

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