"We're all attracted to the perfume of fermenting joy, we've all tried to start a fire, and one day maybe it will blaze up on its own. In the meantime, she is the one today among us most able to bear the idea of her own beauty..."

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Source : Tony Hoagland, “Grammar”

Tony Hoagland

#Beauty Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Fire Quotes

“Because you can't keep up the illusion forever," I say. "No one has that much magic.”
“The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.”
“You cannot make progress without making decisions.”
“It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.”
“Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.”
“Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.”
“You never quite know what the change is until, one day, you wake up and go, "Wow, I'm reacting to things differently and I feel differently."”
“Chance works for us when we are good captains.”

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