Elizabeth Spires Quotes

In White Summer, Joelle Biele exhibits a Roethke-like affinity with nature and natures creatures. At times a miniaturist, Biele constructs exquisite addresses to a heron, cicada, spider, catalpa tree, mockingbird, snail, cormorant, and others. These pitch-perfect poems are written with a delicate, meticulous attention to craft and music. Like the joy she takes in her subjects, this collection is a joy to read.

Elizabeth Spires

Quotes to Explore

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

Olive Schreiner
- Great
- Mother
- Man
I really try to take care of myself. I really put forth the effort to make a regimen just a part of my life. When I can't, for instance if I'm in a location someplace and I can't work out because of the schedule of the picture or whatever it is, as much as I normally do when I'm home, I still do something.

Carl Weathers
- Life
- Work
- Home
People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?

Karl Pilkington
- People
- Kids
- Thought
It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.

Nas
- Music
- Artist
- Street
I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like my mom should be having. I kept thinking that I was getting older, and I haven't really accomplished anything. I remember thinking that I better accomplish something real soon.

Q'orianka Kilcher
- Thinking
- Real
- Remember
The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.

Zadie Smith