"We must unlearn the constellations to see the…" — Jack Gilbert
"We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars."
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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 Constellations Quotes
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one of 106 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills…
— Hal Borland
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His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.
— Elias Canetti
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In an organization of any significant size, the executives cannot create the future single-handedly. They must develop the enterprise in…
— Karl Albrecht
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The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full…
— Benjamin Franklin
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In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet,…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the…
— Mary Baker Eddy
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Okay, maybe I'm not such a shitty writer. But I can't pull my ideas together, Van Houten. My thoughts are…
— John Green
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My thoughts are starts I can't fathom into constellations.
— John Green
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Every constellation’s like its own fairy tale.
— Lauren Miller
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How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name…
— Nadeem Aslam
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New York at night, from its bridges, is a miracle. When I first came to the city, it took all…
— Melissa Febos
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No design can exist in isolation. It is always related, sometimes in very complex ways, to an entire constellation of…
— George Nelson
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