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Jim Dodge

(1945) Poet United States

17 quotes in 41 categories

Jim Dodge is a poet from the United States, best known for Fup.

Quick Facts About Jim Dodge

Born: January 1, 1945
Nationality: United States
Profession: Poet
Notable works: Fup

About Jim Dodge

Jim Dodge is an American novelist and poet whose works combine themes of folklore and fantasy, set in a timeless present. He has published three novels—Fup, Not Fade Away, and Stone Junction—and a collection of poetry and prose, Rain on the River.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jim Dodge

“you just had to be still and have faith, that was the main thing.”

Faith

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Why are the ones who are too good to be true always being true to someone else?

Being true

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The mind is the shadow of the light it seeks.

Light

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Anarchy doesn't mean out of control; it means out of their control.

Anarchy

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“most reviews are written by morons about morons. sensibility is at a premium in american culture these days.”

American culture

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“you're a mess now, but you'll be laughing about it in fifty years.”

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It seems almost inherent in human beings that when you are thriving for a certain level of spirituality, you tend to reject…

Certain

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“He wasn't the least bit disturbed that his intuition was wrong: intuition often missed, sometimes spectacularly, but when it connected it saved…

First time

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“...I don't rightly know. It just ain't possible to explain some things, maybe even most things. It's interesting to wonder on them…

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“a national government is bad enough, but this administration is the largest collection of scoundrels and morons in recent memory.”

Management

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“After lunch Tiny returned to his fence work while Granddaddy and Fup repaired to the porch to sip a little Death Whisper,…

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“I don't know a fucking thing. That must mean I'm finally sane and that's an excellent place to start going crazy again.”

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“it's hard enough separating the good stuff from the bullshit without adding to the whole mess by wanting to know what you…

Happy-playgrounds

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“I wanted someone to hold me close so I slide across and snuggled in tight and said, 'Hold me.' He did, and…

Love

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“Let's get really fucked up and full of sentimental despair and then finally decide life, despite every heartbreak and anguished cry, is…

Heartbreak

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“Drills and explosives did what Willie believed all technologies did: They killed feeling. By assassinating time and space under the guise of…

Time and space

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It just ain't possible to explain some things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing…

Acceptance

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