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> [“In simplicity is such guiding truth. I turn again to the spirituals. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine” could also be an epigraph to this book, if it were not understood as being simply a merry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/in-simplicity-is-such-guiding-truth-i-turn-again-to-the-spirituals/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

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## More by Elizabeth Alexander

> [“Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/poetry-is-what-you-find-in-the-dirt-in-the-corner-overhear-on-the-bus/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“It is the beginning and the end of the astrological calendar, and so it is said that children born on March 21 are ancient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/it-is-the-beginning-and-the-end-of-the-astrological-calendar-and-so/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“For loss is our common denominator. None of us will escape it. None of us will outrun death. What do we do in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/for-loss-is-our-common-denominator-none-of-us-will-escape-it-none-of/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/what-if-the-mightiest-word-is-love-love-beyond-marital-filial/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“...now I know my capacity for awe is infinite: this thirst is permanent, the well bottomless, my good fortune vast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/now-i-know-my-capacity-for-awe-is-infinite-this-thirst-is-permanent/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“Each of us made it possible for the other. We got something done. Each believed in the other unsurpassingly. In all marriages there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/each-of-us-made-it-possible-for-the-other-we-got-something-done-each/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“In simplicity is such guiding truth. I turn again to the spirituals. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine” could also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/in-simplicity-is-such-guiding-truth-i-turn-again-to-the-spirituals/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“Flowers live, they are perfect and they affect us; they are God’s glory, they make us know why we are alive and human, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/flowers-live-they-are-perfect-and-they-affect-us-they-are-god-s-glory/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

> [“Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its arrival in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/using-the-voice-is-a-physical-act-one-that-first-announces-the/)

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