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Jack Gilbert has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds.
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We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration…
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We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what…
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Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built…
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Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.
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I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I…
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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.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't…
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As soon as I arrive at the house, Laurie starts running, hits my chest, knocks me down, and licks my face. It's…
— Beverly Sills
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It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels…
— Zadie Smith
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I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I…
— Jack Gilbert
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Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that simply knocks me out.
— Ina Garten
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Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
— Merle Haggard
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What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it…
— J D Salinger
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When I think about my relationship with America, I feel like a battered wife: Yeah, he knocks me around a lot, but…
— Sarah Vowell
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But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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