Galway Kinnell Quotes
The appeal to heaven breaks off.The petals begin to fall, in self-forgiveness.It is a flower. On this mountainside it is dying.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.
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It has to do - I think - with growing up in an apartment, with my aunt and my cousins right next door to me, with the door open, with neighbors walking in and out, with people yelling at each other all the time.
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It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?
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The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might never happen.
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The rules of drama are very much separate from the properties of life. I think that's especially true of Shakespeare.
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In my house, I'm not allowed to shout at anybody. It's very strict. It's a very Christian home.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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It doesn't help to follow every rise and fall of your portfolio. It's better to tune out the day-to-day shifts, in fact. But getting a handle on the larger picture will make you feel more secure, and that goes a long way in calming your fear.
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An optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.
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The appeal to heaven breaks off.The petals begin to fall, in self-forgiveness.It is a flower. On this mountainside it is dying.
