"Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It's what everything else isn't."

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Source : Theodore Roethke, Carolyn Kizer (2013). “On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose”, p.123, Copper Canyon Press

Theodore Roethke

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“I would like to express to all Londoners, to all of the British people, the solidarity, the compassion and the friendship of France and the French people.”
“Whenever we say a person's name, notice whether we have stated more than a fact. For example, the judgment, 'She's thoughtless' goes beyond the facts 'She said she'd call me and she didn't.”
“Italians in particular are seen as either benign and child-like (the sweet old nonna with her meatballs), menacing mobsters, or hyper-sexualized housewives and gigolos; the kind of nourishment I'm looking for doesn't lie in any of these stereotypes.”

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“I am a big Bewitched fan... something about the way Elizabeth Montgomery twitched her nose.”
“The right to happiness is fundamental.”
“One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.”
“There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.”
“Wondering where Ranger was now, when I needed him. Why wasnâ€™t he here, insisting on locking me up in a safe house? Now that my hamsterâ€™s cage was clean, Iâ€™d be happy to oblige.”

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