"And the words we find are always insufficient, like love, though they are often lovely and all we have."

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Source : Stephen Dunn (1995). “New and Selected Poems 1974-1994”, p.58, W. W. Norton & Company

Stephen Dunn

“Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know whats going to happen next.”
“Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of?”
“But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.”
“Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.”
“Free speech not only lives, it rocks!”
“Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.”
“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”
“It's my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who of discovered.”

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