Bad thing Quote by Sharon Olds

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“It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world. I can't say I really approve of it.”

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She'd crack A joke sharp as a tin lid Hot from the teeth of the can-opener, And cackle her crack-corn laugh.

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“as if languagelessness was a step up, in evolution, from the chatter of consciousness.”

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Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance…

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“I put my arms around a trunk and squeezed it, then I lay down on my father's grave.”

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