".. to a poet, the human community is like the community of birds to a bird, singing to each other. Love is one of the reasons we are singing to one another, love of language itself, love of sound, love of singing itself, and love of the other birds."

-- Sharon Olds

#Love Is Quotes #Community Quotes #Bird Quotes

“The day I was born, my house burnt down; the day I left home, the Twin Towers burnt down; and I lived in a jungle in India at 15.”

Source : "Discovery: Neon Hitch" by Kristin Studeman, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 28, 2012.
“My daughter was asked by a little old lady in a London hotel restaurant what her daddy did. She answered, â€œHeâ€™s a pirateâ€ - I was very proud of that answer.”
“Ever had a woman say no to you, Dmitri?â€ â€œOnce.â€ He turned the corner with a smile that made her want to cup his face, trace those beautiful lips with her own. â€œI married her.”
“Syncretism can be disturbing to people. They have often been taught, "You have to have solid faith and must be sure of your religion," and so on. They fear that they might be threatened by these new developments and mergings. So you get a backlash against it.”
“I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.”
“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.”
“In order to have a hope of creating better answers, we need to deeply understand the logic of the opposing answers. That means thinking about how we think about both models - not just do we like one versus the other. Rather we have to ask: How do I think each model produces the results that it does? Metacognition, thinking about thinking, builds up our capacity to do that and to play with opposing ideas - and new models - in real time.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2006). “Nightlife”, p.24, Penguin

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