Nazly Fuller Quotes & Sayings

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times. — Randall Jarrell

I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again. — Wislawa Szymborska

Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country. — Arto Lindsay

I learnt silence from the talkative — Khalil Gibran

Writing helped me understand what I was thinking about. — John Baldessari

Now, I know what you're thinking: Isn't this the guy who said, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"? Well, not exactly. This quote has been somewhat paraphrased and hijacked by many of our nation's craft breweries, and rightly so. It may be revisionist writing, but I for one am okay with it. What Franklin did write was, "Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy." Beer, wine . . . come on. Six of one, etcetera. He also coined the euphemism for drunkenness "Halfway to Concord," which tickles me to no end. That, my friends, is fun with words. — Nick Offerman

Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour. — Pliny The Elder

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point. — Anne Frank

Cinderella time?' You knw how it is= got to get home before the shoe falls off. No sense tempting any princes — Melissa Marr

Many of us get many messages in our lives, or think we get them. As long as the message is regarding our own selves, go on doing what you please. But when it is in regard to our contact with and behavior to others, think a hundred times before you act upon it-and then you will be safe. — Swami Vivekananda

I desire therefore I exist. — Angela Carter

True charity, I had discovered, consists in swallowing an invisible flaming sword. — Alan Bradley

A finite infinity, — David Mitchell

The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city. — Robyn Davidson