Cascades Library Quotes & Sayings

When Newton breached this philosophical barrier by rendering all motion comprehensible and predictable, some theologians criticized him for leaving nothing for the Creator to do. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I would keep in mind to a young poet that you are entering into something that is very important, that has always been important in terms of human concerns. — Edward Hirsch

Love doesn't make you a poet; it makes you poetry. — Yarro Rai

Most people simply go through life. They feel that they're making choices in their lives that cause destiny to move in certain ways. I would suggest that they have no control of their lives, all their choices are really made for them. — Frederick Lenz

Perhaps the human lesson is always submission. We have a choice: to rebel or to recognize our powerlessness while maintaining our faith. — Anne Truitt

The difference between a childhood and a boyhood must be this: our childhood is what we alone have had; our boyhood is what any boy in our environment would have had. — John Updike