"These wrinkles are nothing These gray hairs are nothing, This stomach which sags with old food, these bruised and swollen ankles, my darkening brain, they are nothing. I am the same boy my mother used to kiss."

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Source : Mark Strand (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.122, Knopf

Mark Strand

#Mother Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Boys Quotes

“If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by some Spaniards. That's why you have names like Kwan Ping Del Toro.”
“The Imagination merely enables us to wander into the darkness of the unknown where, by the dim light of the knowledge we carry, we may glimpse something that seems of interest. But when we bring it out and examine it more closely it usually proves to be only trash whose glitter had caught our attention. Imagination is at once the source of all hope and inspiration but also of frustration. To forget this is to court despair.”

Source : William Ian Beardmore Beveridge (1950). “The Art of Scientific Investigation”
“If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him out and turn him into a plus value. Why throw him away? Do that enough and all you've got left are the sheep.”
“I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.”

Source : "The Unanswered Question" by David Cairns, www.nytimes.com. May 23, 1976.
“I took a walk, Suddenly I stood still, filled with the realization that I had no body or mind. All I could see was one great illuminating Whole - omnipresent, perfect, lucid and serene.”
“Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.”

Source : Tobias Smollett (1806). “Adventures of an Atom. Expedition of Humphrey Clinker”, p.363
“Try again. Fall flat on your face, get up, try again. Fall on your face, get up, try again.”
“In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your opponents, or threaten suicide bombings. You write a letter to the editor.”

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