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Kenneth Patchen Quotes

Caring is the only daring Picture Quote #1

The question is not: do we believe in God? but rather: does God believe in us? And the answer is: only an unbeliever could have created our image of God; and only a false God could be satisfied with it Picture Quote #1

I think you will agree that I am alive in every part of this book; turn back twenty, thirty, one hundred pages - I am back there. That is why I hate the story; characters are not snakes that they must shed their skins on every page - there can only be one action: what a man is. When you have understood this, you will be through with novels Picture Quote #1

THIS ROOM HAS MYSTERY LIKE A TRANCE’ This room has mystery like a trance Of wine ; forget-me-nots of you Are chair and couch, the books your Fingers touched. And now that you Are absent here the silence scrapes A secret rust from everything; While sudden wreaths of sorrow’s Dust uncover emptiness like halls To stumble through, and terror falls Picture Quote #1

The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind Picture Quote #1

Art is not to throw light but to be light Picture Quote #1

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Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist Picture Quote #1

Snow is the only one of us that leaves no tracks Picture Quote #1

Think enough and you won’t know anything Picture Quote #1

That which is not daring is nothing Picture Quote #1

Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night Picture Quote #1

Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we’d be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest? Picture Quote #1

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It is fully practical to create that which has form in the silence. The noise art makes is usually heard by those whose lives listen to God. It is not adviseable to cheat that which has no other stake than the deeps and brights of all man Picture Quote #1

Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you’d rather be doing anything else: and you’ve just done it Picture Quote #1

You will protect with the last drop of someone else’s blood what was never yours Picture Quote #1

There are so many little dyings that it doesn’t matter which of them is death Picture Quote #1

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Caring is the only daring (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) The question is not: do we believe in God? but rather: does God believe in us? And the answer is: only an unbeliever could have created our image of God; and only a false God could be satisfied with it (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) I think you will agree that I am alive in every part of this book; turn back twenty, thirty, one hundred pages - I am back there. That is why I hate the story; characters are not snakes that they must shed their skins on every page - there can only be one action: what a man is. When you have understood this, you will be through with novels (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) THIS ROOM HAS MYSTERY LIKE A TRANCE’ This room has mystery like a trance Of wine ; forget-me-nots of you Are chair and couch, the books your Fingers touched. And now that you Are absent here the silence scrapes A secret rust from everything; While sudden wreaths of sorrow’s Dust uncover emptiness like halls To stumble through, and terror falls (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) Art is not to throw light but to be light (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) Snow is the only one of us that leaves no tracks (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) Think enough and you won’t know anything (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) That which is not daring is nothing (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we’d be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest? (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) It is fully practical to create that which has form in the silence. The noise art makes is usually heard by those whose lives listen to God. It is not adviseable to cheat that which has no other stake than the deeps and brights of all man (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you’d rather be doing anything else: and you’ve just done it (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) You will protect with the last drop of someone else’s blood what was never yours (Kenneth Patchen Quotes) There are so many little dyings that it doesn’t matter which of them is death (Kenneth Patchen Quotes)