"That's how it is sometimes--God comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it."

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Source : Dorianne Laux (1994). “What we carry: poems”, BOA Editions Ltd.

Dorianne Laux

#Tired Quotes #Light Quotes #Wings Quotes

“It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.”
“It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home.”
“The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.”
“The voice within is what I'm married to. All marriage is a metaphor for that marriage. My lover is the place inside me where an honest yes and no come from. That's my true partner. It's always there. And to tell you yes when my integrity says no is to divorce that partner.”
“Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.”
“For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves.”
“By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate.”
“Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come and watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there.”

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