"Poetry springs directly from our primal need and capacity for communication[Poetry] mobilizes such a concentration of devices, such an intensification of language via rhythm, syntax, image and metaphor. Reading it-the best of it-can create another, very different kind of perpetual present, an awareness that can be as ongoing in the soul as the stop-time of trauma."

-- Sven Birkerts

#Spring Quotes #Communication Quotes #Reading Quotes

“For Halloween I'm gonna be emotionally stable. No one's gonna know it's me.”
“It has been said that the primary function of schools is to impart enough facts to make children stop asking questions. Some, with whom the schools do not succeed, become scientists... and I never stopped asking questions.”

Source : Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (1998). “The Camel's Nose: Memoirs Of A Curious Scientist”, p.3, Island Press
“You cannot be a prisoner of your past against your will. Because you can only live in the past inside your mind.”
“I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”
“Schizophrenia demons live in my head.”
“Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness.”
“It is only in our decisions that we are important.”
“When I see what I want, I do it.”

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