"The boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn."

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Source : Charles Tomlinson (1997). “Selected Poems: 1955-1997”, p.80, New Directions Publishing

Charles Tomlinson

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“And now to sleep, to dream...perchance to fart.”
“Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred.”
“Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those.”
“Like flowers in a storm, life is full of goodbyes”
“It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.”
“When you do music, your friends are writers, actors, painters. It's all under the sameroof. So anything creative is interesting to me.”

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“She said she was working for the ABC news, it was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use.”
“But the trouble with sainthood these days is the robe-and-halo imagery that gets stuck onto it." Carl got that brooding look again. "People forget that robes were street clothes once... and still are, in a lot of places. And halos are to that fierce air of innocence what speech balloons in comics are to the sound of the voice itself. Shorthand. But most people just see an old symbol and don't bother looking behind it for the meaning. Sainthood starts to look old-fashioned, unattainable... even repellent. Actually, you can see it all around, once you learn to spot it.”

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