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Jack Gilbert has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds.
• We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration…
• We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what…
• Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built…
• Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.
• I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I…
• I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
• Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't…
• I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don't…
• I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear and throw…
• Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope…
• The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She is a meniscus that allows the absolute to have a…

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