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One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those…
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The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You…
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When I was young, I was older than I am today.
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For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I…
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All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those…
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Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what…
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The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to…
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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or…
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In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision…
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What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to…
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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian.…
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It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling…
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With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in…
— Buffalo Bill
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I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so…
— Joyce Carol Oates
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I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard…
— Gene Hill
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Professionally, I have no major goals. That's partly because I'm really flaky. I want things, but I don't go after them. I'd…
— Valerie Bertinelli
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Some day your head won’t find my lap so easily. Trust is a habit you’ll soon break.
— Unknown Author
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Looking down on it from the helicopter, with a bottle of Jack in my left hand, a bag of pills in my…
— Vince Neil
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I keep chicks in my lap, throwing me head fakes!
— Fabolous
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The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon.
— Sylvia Townsend Warner
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You have got me walking up and down all day under those trees, saying to me over and over again, "Solitude, solitude."…
— Thomas Merton
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I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant...because I believe in myself.
— Hannibal Buress
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I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.
— David Baldacci
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A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask,…
— Alexis Bledel
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