"We have reason to be afraid. This is…" — John Berryman
"We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place."
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25 Quotes by John Berryman
John Berryman has 25 quotes on this site.
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We must travel in the direction of our fear.
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The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At…
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Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves…
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So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise…
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Offering Dragons quarter is no good, they regrow all their parts and come on again. They have to be killed.
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Literature bores me, especially great literature
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Wishin' was dyin' but I gotta make it all this way to that bed on these feet.
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We are using our own skins for wallpaper and we cannot win.
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One must be ruthless with one's own writing or someone else will be.
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Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
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Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
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This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.
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More Afraid Quotes
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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