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Nick Flynn Quotes

In life you get one take, and it’s perfect Picture Quote #1

The attention one gets from being a poet isn’t great Picture Quote #1

The attention one gets from being a poet isnt great Picture Quote #1

My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Part of why she left him was this delusion of greatness and identifying it very directly with being an artist Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family. My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it Picture Quote #1

I had to steel myself against this psychic devastation - to see your father on the street. It’s hard enough to pick up somebody you don’t know from the streets, and then to actually have other people pick your father up - it was psychically devastating Picture Quote #1

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For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully Picture Quote #1

There’s this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn’t have to be. It actually can be a very positive force Picture Quote #1

I’d always imagined that one day I would be a father, but mostly it was off my radar. I admired friends who had somehow figured out how to cross that threshold Picture Quote #1

For the first few months, I was a comically inept parent. The first night home from the hospital, I held her bare body against my bare chest until a friend who was a doctor came by and asked what I was doing, and told me to put some clothes on that baby Picture Quote #1

It takes an entire book to tell you what it was like. To see Robert De Niro play your father - it’s not a simple answer. To see Julianne Moore play your mother. To see Paul Dano play you - that’s an even more inscrutable question... he’s amazing, he’s totally amazing, but I can’t really say if he’s a good me or not Picture Quote #1

By the time I’m nine I know the world is a dangerous place. I’ve heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family. But no one is offering any clear information Picture Quote #1

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I offer Emily half of my hit of acid- Love Saves the Day. It’s my second or third time tripping, Emily’s first, and she’s understandably trepid. Awake all night, at one point I find her touching her reflection in a cruelly lit dorm bathroom, asking if she’ll ever be the same. I kiss her then for the first time and whisper, No Picture Quote #1

Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink Picture Quote #1

I believe poetry has very little to do with memory Picture Quote #1

Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart Picture Quote #1

That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us Picture Quote #1

On a good day I write, all day Picture Quote #1

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Inside us, a flower taken whole, a field built inside Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to write about someone’s life, you don’t just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life Picture Quote #1

Some part of me knew he would show up, that if I stood in one place long enough he would find me, like you’re taught to do when you’re lost. But they never taught us what to do if both of you are lost, and you both end up in the same place, waiting Picture Quote #1

Who doesn’t want to just disappear, at some point in the day, in a year, to just step off the map and float? Picture Quote #1

There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they’re going under Picture Quote #1

Perhaps it is our fear, that in the silence between stories, in the moment of falling, the fear that we will never find the one story which will save us, and so we lunge for another, and we feel safe again, if only for as long as we are telling it Picture Quote #1

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What you fear your whole life comes to pass. You end up living toward it, you spend your life running from it but your foot is nailed to the sidewalk. You circle around it until you wear yourself own Picture Quote #1

Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print Picture Quote #1

In life you get one take, and it’s perfect. It’s strange, afterwards you might think I shouldn’t have reacted that way, but that’s the way you reacted. That’s your take; that’s all you get Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family Picture Quote #1

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It’s not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it Picture Quote #1

I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a little shameful. To say you were a poet was saying you were kind of crazy, and I carried that around for a long time. I still kind of carry that. And I think it might be true, actually Picture Quote #1

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In life you get one take, and it’s perfect (Nick Flynn Quotes) The attention one gets from being a poet isn’t great (Nick Flynn Quotes) The attention one gets from being a poet isnt great (Nick Flynn Quotes) My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Part of why she left him was this delusion of greatness and identifying it very directly with being an artist. (Nick Flynn Quotes) When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family. My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. (Nick Flynn Quotes) I had to steel myself against this psychic devastation - to see your father on the street. It’s hard enough to pick up somebody you don’t know from the streets, and then to actually have other people pick your father up - it was psychically devastating. (Nick Flynn Quotes) For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully. (Nick Flynn Quotes) There’s this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn’t have to be. It actually can be a very positive force. (Nick Flynn Quotes) I’d always imagined that one day I would be a father, but mostly it was off my radar. I admired friends who had somehow figured out how to cross that threshold. (Nick Flynn Quotes) For the first few months, I was a comically inept parent. The first night home from the hospital, I held her bare body against my bare chest until a friend who was a doctor came by and asked what I was doing, and told me to put some clothes on that baby. (Nick Flynn Quotes) It takes an entire book to tell you what it was like. To see Robert De Niro play your father - it’s not a simple answer. To see Julianne Moore play your mother. To see Paul Dano play you - that’s an even more inscrutable question... he’s amazing, he’s totally amazing, but I can’t really say if he’s a good me or not. (Nick Flynn Quotes) By the time I’m nine I know the world is a dangerous place. I’ve heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family. But no one is offering any clear information (Nick Flynn Quotes) I offer Emily half of my hit of acid- Love Saves the Day. It’s my second or third time tripping, Emily’s first, and she’s understandably trepid. Awake all night, at one point I find her touching her reflection in a cruelly lit dorm bathroom, asking if she’ll ever be the same. I kiss her then for the first time and whisper, No (Nick Flynn Quotes) Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink (Nick Flynn Quotes) I believe poetry has very little to do with memory (Nick Flynn Quotes) Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart (Nick Flynn Quotes) That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us (Nick Flynn Quotes) On a good day I write, all day (Nick Flynn Quotes) Inside us, a flower taken whole, a field built inside (Nick Flynn Quotes) If you’re going to write about someone’s life, you don’t just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life (Nick Flynn Quotes) Some part of me knew he would show up, that if I stood in one place long enough he would find me, like you’re taught to do when you’re lost. But they never taught us what to do if both of you are lost, and you both end up in the same place, waiting (Nick Flynn Quotes) Who doesn’t want to just disappear, at some point in the day, in a year, to just step off the map and float? (Nick Flynn Quotes) There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they’re going under (Nick Flynn Quotes) Perhaps it is our fear, that in the silence between stories, in the moment of falling, the fear that we will never find the one story which will save us, and so we lunge for another, and we feel safe again, if only for as long as we are telling it (Nick Flynn Quotes) What you fear your whole life comes to pass. You end up living toward it, you spend your life running from it but your foot is nailed to the sidewalk. You circle around it until you wear yourself own (Nick Flynn Quotes) Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print (Nick Flynn Quotes) In life you get one take, and it’s perfect. It’s strange, afterwards you might think I shouldn’t have reacted that way, but that’s the way you reacted. That’s your take; that’s all you get (Nick Flynn Quotes) When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family (Nick Flynn Quotes) Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It’s not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it (Nick Flynn Quotes) I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a little shameful. To say you were a poet was saying you were kind of crazy, and I carried that around for a long time. I still kind of carry that. And I think it might be true, actually (Nick Flynn Quotes)

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