"But I finally concluded that it is an……" — David James Duncan
"But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty."
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28 Quotes by David James Duncan
David James Duncan has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Then in October, Indian Summer, the air turned so soft, the sunlight so fragile, and each day's loveliness so poignantly…
- I'd trapped myself in a script.... But to be scripted at all is to be prepackaged, programmed, pinned to a…
- And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.
- Is a lifelong student of the world's wisdom literature, it is my duty to inform students that ridding the world…
- The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual…
- You, me, & your papa are 3 of the tiny percentage of souls on this miserable earth who've figured out…
- When experience flies into realms that language cannot touch, honesty demands beyond-language.
- My books are inert as cordwood till a readers imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
- Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the…
- The environment, what surrounds you, is so alive and delightful and complex.
- We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.
- Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to…
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