"We cannot know what John of Leyden felt Under the Bishop 's tongs - we can only Walk in temperate London, our educated city, Wishing to cry as freely as they did who died In the Age of Faith. We have our loneliness And our regret with which to build an eschatology."

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Source : Peter Porter (1989). “A Porter Selected: Poems, 1959-1989”, Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press

Peter Porter

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“The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.”
“The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better.”
“A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.”
“Permanent results only come from permanent changes in lifestyle and diet style. You don't get permanently well unless you permanently change the way you live.”
“Never be easy for any president to deal with any Congress. But republicans got to work together. We got to get things done.”
“Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.”
“Christians must engage in "spiritual warfare" to combat same-sex marriage.”
“If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart.”

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