"For this beauty, beauty without strength, chokes out life."

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Source : Hilda Doolittle, Louis L. Martz (1986). “Collected Poems 1912-1944”, p.12, New Directions Publishing

Hilda Doolittle

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“I have been in the field working with my birds for 36 years and I don't think a day goes by that I don't see or learn something new.”
“The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases”

Source : An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, or Cow-Pox
“Between last night and this morning, I've been getting a lot of messages from overseas fans along the lines of 'There's an American comic ripping off Bleach!' I'm not that good at English, but I looked at the site and it seems it's a comic by Nick Simmons, the son of Gene Simmons. To be honest, I'm more bothered by the fact that Gene Simmons' son is a comic artist than whether or not it's a rip-off...”
“I have to say, our kind of music was always a struggle live. Quiet vocals and really loud drums and guitars, it was quite tricky. It still can be. I'm slightly amazed that other bands say that, because I'm still like, "Oh God, what am I doing?"”
“Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.”
“Religion is "so absurd that it comes close to imbecility."”
“The East is a montage. It is old and it is young, very green in summer, very white in winter, gregarious, withdrawn and at once both sophisticated and provincial.”
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”

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