"I have always thought of poetry as an act of celebration. Just by nature of writing a poem you are taking the time to dwell on whatever it is that you're writing about...you can be celebrating anger, you can be celebrating sorrow... you are spending the time to focus and observe and try to understand the various parts of being human."

-- Sarah Kay

#Writing Quotes #Focus Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.”

Source : Scarlett Thomas (2012). “Going Out”, p.20, Canongate Books
“I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.”

Source : "Seabiscuit Interviews: Chris Cooper". Interview with Staci Layne Wilson, www.horse-races.net. July 15, 2003.
“Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.”
“The greatest ability in the whole human race and all amongst the livingness, is the ability to help.”
“Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save, invest, innovate, and work.”
“Love is a process in which ego is lost and infinity is experienced.”
“Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.”
“Diplomacy is living in state.”

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