"Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do."

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Source : Anne Carson (1999). “Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse”, Vintage

Anne Carson

“He suddenly became convinced that if he didnâ€™t do something sensible, something to put his mind to some use, then before he knew it he would be wondering round the streets having fights with himself and inviting domestic animals to social occasions too.”
“Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat them as inconveniences and nuisances, when they're not treating them as possessions or toys.”
“The wisest married men give in early. They get in touch with the wife side of themselves, and that's when they stop arguing.”
“Eight years after Reagan's nomination for president, the conservative movement is directionless”
“It's no accident that Op. 111 attracts literary attention. Though it's music, it doesn't quite behave like it. It seems to be charged with meaning, to communicate in symbols, ciphers, clues.”
“There are no throwaway people.”

Source : Ma Jaya Bhagavati (2011). “The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom From The Patterns That Bind You”, p.131, BookBaby
“Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts”
“Working with Jack [Nicholson] is sort of like standing in front of the Grand Canyon.”

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