"I look and look, / As though I could be saved simply by looking"

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Source : Anthony Hecht (2012). “Collected Earlier Poems”, p.330, Knopf

Anthony Hecht

“I think every person should be able to enjoy life. Try to decide what you most enjoy doing, and then look around to see if there is a job for which you could prepare yourself that would enable you to continue having this sort of joy.”
“Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.”
“Things donâ€™t have to end. They can begin again.”
“You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.”
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
“I don't think events in your life affect your music.”

Source : "I want to make the world better" By Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
“You can run from the grave, but you can't hide.”
“That's just my family's mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.”

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