Wojahn Poet Quotes & Sayings

Hands have not tears to flow. — Dylan Thomas

Do not be afraid to preach the gospel; Jesus was not afraid to die on the cross. — Felix Wantang

We are not our bodies, our possessions, or our careers. Who we are is DIVINE LOVE and that is INFINITE. — Wayne Dyer

The other thing that's happened with writing is that I'm not afraid it will go away. Up until a couple of years ago, I feared that sitting down with paper and pencil revealed too much desire and that for such ambition I would be punished. My vocabulary would contract anorexia, ideas would be born autistic, even titles would not come to flirt with me anymore. I suppose this was tied to that internal judge, the serpent who eats her own tail. She insinuates you're not good enough; you believe her and try less, ratifying her assessment; so you try even less; and on and on. This snake survives on your dying. Finally, now, the elided words of my wisest writing teacher, the poet David Wojahn, make sense. "Be ambitious," he said, "for the work." Not for the in-dwelling editor. That bitch was impossible to please anyway. — Marsha L. Larsen

Childhood depression tends to be more common in inner cities, being most frequently related to serious social deprivation, bullying, domestic violence, wartime experience and famine. It is, for example, a serious problem among children who are traumatised refugees. — Robert Winston

We must come with great expectation--for we will experience just what we expect. — Barbara Hughes

Life is a tragedy filled with suffering and despair and yet some people do manage to avoid jury duty. — Woody Allen