"A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does."

-- Robert Morgan

#Discovery Quotes #Voice Quotes #Connections Quotes

“I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.”
“There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has keen, fiery insight and vast dignity like the night sky, but he conceals it in the madness of child's play.”
“I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that.”

Source : The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 17, 2005.
“When it comes to football, God is prejudiced - toward big, fast kids.”
“People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!”
“Some idiotic things are well worth doing.”

Source : Richard Ford (2012). “Independence Day”, p.338, A&C Black
“I've found that falling doesn't always leave you fallen for.”
“One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.”

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