"Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree."

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Source : Rita Dove (2016). “Collected Poems: 1974-2004”, p.187, W. W. Norton & Company

Rita Dove

“Some day soon, reaper, your mouth is going to be the source of your own destruction." "That does seem likely, doesnâ€™t it?" Tod glanced at me and shrugged. "Until then, it remains a source of my own amusement.”
“You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.”
“The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can point to it. For example, it can say: "All things are intrinsically one (The Pearl of Great Price)." That is a pointer, not an explanation. Understanding these words means feeling deep within you the truth to which they point.”
“Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.”
“If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.”
“Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.”
“There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.”
“A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret but as a living challenge.”

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