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Inspirational Quotes by Mary Ruefle
- Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time.
- The industrial world destroys nature not because it doesn’t love it but because it is not afraid of it.
- My happiness is marred only by my failure to attain it.
- The origins of poetry are clearly rooted in obscurity, in secretiveness, in incantation, in spells that must at once invoke and protect, tell the secret…
- If we knew the value of suffering, we would ask for it.
- In the end I would rather wonder than know
- Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet.
- In our marginal existence, what else is there but this voice within us, this great weirdness we are always leaning forward to listen to?
- We are all one question, and the best answer seems to be love—a connection between things.
- Every time it starts to snow, I would like to have sex.
- I study nature so as not to do foolish things.
- I like to read because it kills me.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento