"Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree." — Rita Dove

"Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree."

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74 Quotes by Rita Dove

Rita Dove has 74 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before…
The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable,…
When I was young, I was older than I am today.
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about…
All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back…
Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us…
The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of…
The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen…
In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process…
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his…
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise…
It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I…

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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right… — Aristotle
I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent… — David Attenborough
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the… — Jane Austen
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how… — Bryan Adams
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. — David Bailey
I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white. — Charles Barkley
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. — Dave Barry
The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would… — Dave Barry
I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life… — Drew Barrymore
I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else. — Drew Barrymore
I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call… — Drew Barrymore
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile… — Drew Barrymore

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