"The earnings of a poet could be reckoned by a metaphysician rather than a bookkeeper."

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Source : Edward Dahlberg (1967). “Alms for Oblivion”, p.61, U of Minnesota Press

Edward Dahlberg

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“My strengths as a businessman lie in the design and sale of women's shoes, and I have never been comfortable with complicated or technical legal or business documents.”
“I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.”
“To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.”
“Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.”
“Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 9, 2014
“Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis.”
“How we conduct ourselves in this life will determine what we will be in all the eternities to come. To receive the blessings of the sealing that our Heavenly Father has given to us, we have to keep the commandments and conduct ourselves in such a way that our families will want to live with us in the eternities.”
“Feminine power is silent, dark, mysterious, healing, nurturing. A woman can walk into a room and control it. She doesn't even have to open her mouth if she knows where her power is.”

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