Maiania Quotes & Sayings

TO A GIRAFFE
If it is unpermissible, in fact fatal
to be personal and undesirable
to be literal - detrimental as well
if the eye is not innocent-does it mean that
one can live only on top leaves that are small
reachable only by a beast that is tall? -
of which the giraffe is the best example -
the unconversational animal.
When plagued by the psychological,
a creature can be unbearable
that could have been irresistible;
or to be exact, exceptional
since less conversational
than some emotionally-tied-in-knots animal.
After all
consolations of the metaphysical
can be profound. In Homer, existence
is flawed; transcendence, conditional;
"the journey from sin to redemption, perpetual. — Marianne Moore

The shame that tormented me was all the more corrosive for having no very clear origin: I didn't know why I felt so tainted, and worthless, and wrong-only that I did, and whenever I looked up from my books I was swamped by slimy waters rushing in from all sides. — Donna Tartt

There are no mistakes in life! — Oprah Winfrey

We know that we are close to making history. — Lionel Messi

I like how you sing that song. You sound like you're really old. — John McEuen

There is a history that really happened, but none of us will ever know exactly what it was. The other one, the one we think we know, is made by us, and we remake it every time we look at it. — Marie Jakober

In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All the works of human genius can be understood in the end to be products of a cascade of generate-and-test procedures that are, at bottom, algorithmic and mindless — Daniel Dennett

We've got to get into shape," I said to Lula. "We should go to a gym or something." "I'd sooner set myself on fire. — Janet Evanovich

Soldiers who don't know what they're fighting for know, nevertheless, what they're not fighting for. — Karl Kraus

Decadence begins when the budget to beautify a man's home exceeds the coin spent to ensure its defense. — Mark Lawrence

I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable. — Julianne Moore