Platano Verde Quotes & Sayings

It seems to me that readers sometimes make the genesis of a poem more mysterious than it is (by that I perhaps mean, think of it as something outside their own experience). — James Schuyler

Finally, there are the dangers inherent in any autobiographical work: the temptation to color events in ways favorable to the writer, the tendency to overestimate the interest one's experiences hold for others, — Barack Obama

Holding on to the weak is called strength. — Laozi

So her safe little world would never be safe again ... She knew that the nurturing hand also held the knife, and that was very unsettling. — Mercedes Lackey

The price of success is much lower than the price of failure. — Zig Ziglar

But I swore to myself that we'd find our friends and our ymbryne, no matter the cost, even if there were only bodies to recover - even if it meant adding our own to the pile. — Ransom Riggs

Caspian sat there with me until my sobs died down to a slow hiccup.
Then he whispered, "I'd hold your hand right now if I could."
His eyes were so wide and earnest that I couldn't help but smile at him.
"Thanks," I said, trying to hold back more tears. "It's the thought that counts. — Jessica Verday