"Of what is real I say, Is it the old, the roseate parent or The bride come jingling, kissed and cupped, or else The spirit and all ensigns of the self?"

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Wallace Stevens

#Real Quotes #Self Quotes #Parent Quotes

“When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own.”

Source : Gary Snyder (1969). “Earth House Hold”, p.10, New Directions Publishing
“To every reversal of people's soveregnity, to every disappearance of the Republic corresponds a frank or disguised restitution in force of the regal justice. ''Tell me, according to what you judge and I'll tell you who you are." [...] No axiom in politics is more certain than this.”

Source : "Le Coup d'État permanent". Book by François Mitterrand, Part III, 1964.
“I'm so personally attached to all the characters I met and photographed over the years ... the anthology is like a photographic reliquary that could potentially preserve their grace, fierce joy, and restlessness.”

Source : Source: www.cnn.com
“Few are aware that they want any thing, except pounds schillings and pence.”
“If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.”

Source : Lincoln Ellsworth (1938). “Beyond Horizons”, New York, Book League of America
“Dreams are necessary to life.”
“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”
“Our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there is a gain. Sometimes we are so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.”

Source : Debbie Macomber (2014). “Choir of Angels”, p.315, MIRA

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