"The heart lies to itself because it must." — Jack Gilbert
"The heart lies to itself because it must."
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Jack Gilbert
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29 Quotes by Jack Gilbert
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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…
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We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks…
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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…
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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 ...…
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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…
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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…
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I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that…
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I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear…
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Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in…
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The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She is a meniscus that allows the absolute to…
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More Heart Quotes
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
— Pietro Aretino
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With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the…
— Pietro Aretino
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I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can…
— Alexis Arguello
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It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want,…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
— Lance Armstrong
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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
— Francis of Assisi
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It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism.
— Mary Astell
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I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help…
— Rodney Atkins
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But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed…
— Chinua Achebe
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Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United…
— Margaret Atwood
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If it's all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it's all entertainment, you…
— Margaret Atwood
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Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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