Cradleboard Project Quotes & Sayings

It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape. — Mark Strand

Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see more clearly. Magical things are easier to see if your eyes are closed. — Maxwell Grantly

My boys. I don't have them to hold. What do I do with my arms? — Sonali Deraniyagala

Julia smiled as if he'd given her a present and eagerly sat in it, pulling her legs under herself and curling up like a kitten. Gabriel could swear that he heard her purring. He smiled at the sight of her, momentarily relaxed and almost happy over such a trivial event. — Sylvain Reynard

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue. — Salvatore Quasimodo

You stay home and raise daughters, who grow up and get jobs and then feel pity for you, their stay-at-home mothers. — Noah Hawley