Otremba Quotes & Sayings

Fraking phenomenal. — Kristen Ashley

Shall we ever meet again?
And who will meet again?
Meeting is for strangers.
Meeting is for those who do not know each other. — T. S. Eliot

It was fine to be mocked or disliked on his own terms. But his sexual orientation was such a naked target, unfortified by nonchalance and lacking the benefit of being a persona he'd constructed. Gay Mark wasn't sheddable like Smart-Ass Mark or Bitter-About-the-Move Mark. — Lisa Henry

To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Understanding is a two-way operation; the learner has to question himself and question the teacher. — Mortimer J. Adler

A decrepit society shuns humor as a decrepit individual shuns drafts. — Malcolm Muggeridge

The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest - Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast. — William Wordsworth

Paul Otremba's remarkable first book, The Currency, is an intriguing foray into lyric epistemology that tries to come to ter ms with the implacable, paradox-ridden nature of knowledge and experience. These are deeply felt, deeply meditated poems guided by a sensibility highly attenuated to the physical world. In their openness to friendship and love and in their fearless directness, they remind me of the work of Larry Levis and Jon Anderson. Like Levis and Anderson, Otremba promises to be an influential and important voice for his generation. — Michael Collier

In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at our disposal, to eliminate suffering. — Kofi Annan

I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people. — Justin Timberlake