"If you can't be free, be a mystery." — Rita Dove

"If you can't be free, be a mystery."

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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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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the… — Pietro Aretino
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,… — Timothy Garton Ash
WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this… — Chinua Achebe
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he… — Saint Augustine

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