P1291 Quotes & Sayings

Contemporary poets are skeptical and suspicious even, or perhaps especially, about themselves. They publicly confess to being poets only reluctantly, as if they were a little ashamed of it. But in our clamorous times it's much easier to acknowledge your faults, at least if they're attractively packaged, than to recognize your own merits, since these are hidden deeper and you never quite believe in them yourself. — Wislawa Szymborska

That accurst autobiographic form which puts a premium on the loose, the improvised, the cheap, and the easy. — Henry James

I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I like squirrels. They're so adventurous. — Gabby Douglas

Different people approach the universe in different ways, but they also approach their own expectations in different ways. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Goddess's ways are not always clear.
No, but they are always interesting. — P.C. Cast

Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us. — Henri Nouwen

And I try to remember if this happened before, because this is a memory I would want to keep.
But there is no echo of it in my mind. — Beth Revis

I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book. — Bristol Palin