"In the dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more of the night before I open eyes and heart to illumination. I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all."

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Source : Denise Levertov (1993). “Evening Train”, p.41, New Directions Publishing

Denise Levertov

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“How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!'”
“Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.”
“Strength comes from waiting.”
“If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how then with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books should be forbid.”
“It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.”
“Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.”

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“I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.”
“We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.”

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