"The poem I want to write is impossible. A stone that floats."

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Source : Charles Simic (2013). “The Monster Loves His Labyrinth”, p.41, Copper Canyon Press

Charles Simic

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“Man must learn to know the universe precisely as it is, or he cannot successfully find his place in it. A man should therefore use his reasoning faculty in all matters involving truth, and especially as concerning his religion. He must learn to distinguish between truth and error.”
“Don't. Please, just let me hold you a little bit longer," he mumbled into my hair”
“If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work”
“We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.”

Source : "Clean Energy is an Easy Choice" by Sen. Jeff Merkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“I have the skills to pay the bills; you know, I can really sing, and write great songs.”

Source : Source: djbooth.net
“A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My forgiving you doesn't make my heart hurt less. It takes awhile to heal.”
“I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils it guards against are not only old, they are with us now, they exist today.”

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