"It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate."

-- Rita Dove

#Poet Quotes #Intimate Quotes #Combination Quotes

“People do sometimes change, of course. Habits, allegiances, dreams are all alterable, but only under extraordinary pressure - like great love, fear, grief. More often, people don't change. A girl who never missed a day of work does not suddenly decide to stay home in bed, for no good reason.”

Source : Josephine Humphreys (2000). “Dreams of Sleep”, p.32, Penguin
“Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and beliefs had been shaken.”
“Any given moment - no matter how casual, how ordinary - is poised, full of gaping life.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2010). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.19, Emblem Editions
“All you leave the world is what you've done. No one will ever know the conditions, the comments, the pressures. Only the work remains.”

Source : Ted Schwarz, Arnold Friberg (1985). “Arnold Friberg: the passion of a modern master”
“I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.”
“Sometimes broken things deserve to be repaired.”
“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.”
“School is so overwhelming - you can get lost in the idea that yes, you are going to be alone.”

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