"You have come to the shore. There are no instructions."

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Source : Denise Levertov (1989). “A Door in the Hive”, p.40, New Directions Publishing

Denise Levertov

#Instruction Quotes #Shore Quotes

“For nothing was simply one thing.”
“The war is underway. It's class warfare. It's Off With Their Heads 2.0. It's going to be a battle between the haves and the have-nots. Only a very few have everything, and way too many have much too little.”
“Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made.”
“We need to make sure that our children know different kinds of people, eat different kinds of food, and learn our true history. The way most schools teach history is wrong. If they talk about slavery it's typically just for a couple of days and the lessons almost never address the systems that have hindered people of color for more than 250 years. This has to change.”
“My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.”
“What I find very attractive, what I find sexual, are people who are unapologetic for who they are and comfortable with themselves. And I think with those two things sexual energy does come out because you're not hovering or censoring yourself, you're just being who you are. And being who you are is a very attractive quality in a person.”
“When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.”
“There are people in the world who desperately want not to have to believe in Darwinism .”

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