"No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched."
George Jean Nathan
"Failure is not actually an event, it is more a reaction to an event and is an important part of learning."
Unarine Ramaru
"One thing hatred can do very well is to attack what it hates!"
Anonymous
"A little attention, a little kindness, a little thoughtfulness are worth more than all the wealth in the world."
Anonymous
"John: I'm experiencing an odd sensation. I think it might be patriotism.Spitfire: Steady. Too much of that can damage your health."
Paul Cornell
"In Damascus:poems become diaphanousThey’re neither sensualnor intellectualthey are what echo saysto echo . . ."
Mahmoud Darwish
"Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity."
Pema Chödrön
"Do you think a sociopath cries to God as they die? Ironic that one counterfeit being would cry out to another for help, said Chiron."
C.J. Anderson
"A good book, he had concluded, leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul. Such books were for him rare and, as he aged, rarer. Still he searched, one more Ithaca for which he was forever bound."
Richard Flanagan
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim."
Anonymous
"Most things happen for a reason and it may take years to discover why, but this is almost always for the better."
Ursula A. Ciller
"You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good."
Dorianne Laux
"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Art is risk made visible."
Arno Rafael Minkkinen
"When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title."
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