"Here and gone. That’s what it is to……" — Mark Doty
"Here and gone. That’s what it is to be human, I think—to be both someone and no one at once, to hold a particular identity in the world (our names, our place of origins, our family and affectional ties) and to feel that solid set of ties also capable of dissolution, slipping away, as we become moments of attention."
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25 Quotes by Mark Doty
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All my life I've lived with a future which constantly diminishes but never vanishes.
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There are those fortunate hours when the world consents to be made into a poem.
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No such thing, the queen said, as too many sequins.
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Grief does not seem to me to be a choice. Whether or not you think grief has value, you will…
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We long to connect; we fear that if we do, our freedom and individuality will disappear.
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