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Mary Ruefle Quotes

All of the heroes you see falling down were filmed trying to stand up Picture Quote #1

I hated childhood / I hate adulthood / And I love being alive Picture Quote #1

The words secret and sacred are siblings Picture Quote #1

People, the people we really love, where did they come from? What did we do to deserve them? Picture Quote #1

There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be alone. We have to be alone to do what we do Picture Quote #1

The industrial world destroys nature not because it doesn’t love it but because it is not afraid of it Picture Quote #1

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In the beginning William Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He couldn’t even speak Picture Quote #1

If you have any idea for a poem, an exact grid of intent, you are on the wrong path, a dead-end alley, at the top of a cliff you haven’t even climbed. This is a lesson that can only be learned by trial and error Picture Quote #1

A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind Picture Quote #1

Words have a love for each other, a desire that culminates in poetry Picture Quote #1

Art has always been aware of itself as art Picture Quote #1

I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous Picture Quote #1

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I like to read because it kills me Picture Quote #1

Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event Picture Quote #1

If we knew the value of suffering, we would ask for it Picture Quote #1

I study nature so as not to do foolish things Picture Quote #1

Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time Picture Quote #1

My happiness is marred only by my failure to attain it Picture Quote #1

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Every time it starts to snow, I would like to have sex Picture Quote #1

Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet Picture Quote #1

Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious Picture Quote #1

In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it Picture Quote #1

Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy Picture Quote #1

In our marginal existence, what else is there but this voice within us, this great weirdness we are always leaning forward to listen to? Picture Quote #1

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The origins of poetry are clearly rooted in obscurity, in secretiveness, in incantation, in spells that must at once invoke and protect, tell the secret and keep it Picture Quote #1

There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be alone. We have to be alone to do what we do Picture Quote #1

There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem to have in common is their yearning to enter this world Picture Quote #1

I remember I was a child, and when I grew up I was a poet. It all happened at sixty miles an hour and on days when the clock stopped and all of humanity fit into a little chapel, into a pinecone, a shot of ouzo, a snail’s shell, a piece of soggy rye on the pavement Picture Quote #1

I am convinced that the first lyric poem was written at night, and that the moon was witness to the event and that the event was witness to the moon. For me, the moon has always been the very embodiment of lyric poetry Picture Quote #1

The industrial world destroys nature not because it doesn’t love it but because it is not afraid of it Picture Quote #1

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All of the heroes you see falling down were filmed trying to stand up (Mary Ruefle Quotes) I hated childhood / I hate adulthood / And I love being alive (Mary Ruefle Quotes) The words secret and sacred are siblings (Mary Ruefle Quotes) People, the people we really love, where did they come from? What did we do to deserve them? (Mary Ruefle Quotes) There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be alone. We have to be alone to do what we do. (Mary Ruefle Quotes) The industrial world destroys nature not because it doesn’t love it but because it is not afraid of it. (Mary Ruefle Quotes) In the beginning William Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He couldn’t even speak (Mary Ruefle Quotes) If you have any idea for a poem, an exact grid of intent, you are on the wrong path, a dead-end alley, at the top of a cliff you haven’t even climbed. This is a lesson that can only be learned by trial and error (Mary Ruefle Quotes) A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Words have a love for each other, a desire that culminates in poetry (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Art has always been aware of itself as art (Mary Ruefle Quotes) I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous (Mary Ruefle Quotes) I like to read because it kills me (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event (Mary Ruefle Quotes) If we knew the value of suffering, we would ask for it (Mary Ruefle Quotes) I study nature so as not to do foolish things (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time (Mary Ruefle Quotes) My happiness is marred only by my failure to attain it (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Every time it starts to snow, I would like to have sex (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious (Mary Ruefle Quotes) In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it (Mary Ruefle Quotes) Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy (Mary Ruefle Quotes) In our marginal existence, what else is there but this voice within us, this great weirdness we are always leaning forward to listen to? (Mary Ruefle Quotes) The origins of poetry are clearly rooted in obscurity, in secretiveness, in incantation, in spells that must at once invoke and protect, tell the secret and keep it (Mary Ruefle Quotes) There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be alone. We have to be alone to do what we do (Mary Ruefle Quotes) There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem to have in common is their yearning to enter this world (Mary Ruefle Quotes) I remember I was a child, and when I grew up I was a poet. It all happened at sixty miles an hour and on days when the clock stopped and all of humanity fit into a little chapel, into a pinecone, a shot of ouzo, a snail’s shell, a piece of soggy rye on the pavement (Mary Ruefle Quotes) I am convinced that the first lyric poem was written at night, and that the moon was witness to the event and that the event was witness to the moon. For me, the moon has always been the very embodiment of lyric poetry (Mary Ruefle Quotes) The industrial world destroys nature not because it doesn’t love it but because it is not afraid of it (Mary Ruefle Quotes)

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