"The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful" — Seamus Heaney

More Forgetful Quotes

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• Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his… — Primo Levi
• I Cannot Exist Without You. I Am Forgetful Of Everything But Seeing You Again... — John Keats
• Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember. — Nhat Hanh
• The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd,… — John Milton
• Daily fervent prayers seeking forgiveness and special help and direction are essential to our lives and the nourishment of our… — Donald L. Staheli
• And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do… — Heraclitus
• My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left… — Unknown Author
• What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation,… — Elizabeth Bishop
• There are two classes of Christians: the proud who imagine they are humble and the humble who are afraid they… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
• The human being is not a fallen being in need of redemption but rather a forgetful being who must be… — Unknown Author
• The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful … to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or… — Seamus Heaney

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