"What writing does is to reveal." — Rita Dove

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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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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the… — Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short… — Aristotle
Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,… — Aristotle
True information does good. — Julian Assange
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does… — Dean Acheson
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have… — Francis of Assisi
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not… — Francis of Assisi

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