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Sharon Olds Quotes

I was very afraid that I wouldn’t be able to do this job well. and the time never came back Picture Quote #1

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it’s a poem, it’s almost written in my head somewhere Picture Quote #1

I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a long line of women who put themselves first Picture Quote #1

I didn’t have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type Picture Quote #1

I’m probably so out of it at my age that I don’t know what people think Picture Quote #1

If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it’s really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Many poets write books. They’ll tell you: Well, I’ve got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me Picture Quote #1

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in Picture Quote #1

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven’t managed that with drinking! Picture Quote #1

This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal force Picture Quote #1

Well, one thing I’m really interested in, when I’m writing, is being accurate Picture Quote #1

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When I quit all these things and said I didn’t have any time, I meant I didn’t have any time Picture Quote #1

Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up Picture Quote #1

.. to a poet, the human community is like the community of birds to a bird, singing to each other. Love is one of the reasons we are singing to one another, love of language itself, love of sound, love of singing itself, and love of the other birds Picture Quote #1

I did not deceive him, he did not deceive me, I did not leave him, he did not leave me, I freed him, he freed me Picture Quote #1

There is something in me maybe someday to be written; now it is folded, and folded, and folded, like a note in school Picture Quote #1

... sometimes I can feel it, the way we are pouring slowly toward a curve and around it through something dark and soft, and we are bound to each other Picture Quote #1

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Seeing yourself as responsible for the quality of your relationship, as a prime mover in your life, I think is a bold, amazing step Picture Quote #1

The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother Picture Quote #1

When anyone escapes, my heart / leaps up. Even when it’s I who am escaped from, / I am half on the side of the leaver Picture Quote #1

Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It’s written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour Picture Quote #1

I think that my work is easy to understand because I am not a thinker, I am not a... How can I put it? I write the way I perceive, I guess Picture Quote #1

We’re all taking on too much, we’re all asking too much of ourselves. We’re all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more Picture Quote #1

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At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn’t have time to do anything but work Picture Quote #1

I’m not asking a poem to carry a lot of rocks in its pockets. Just being an ordinary observer and liver and feeler and letting the experience get through you onto the notebook with the pen, through the arm, out of the body, onto the page, without distortion Picture Quote #1

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I was very afraid that I wouldn’t be able to do this job well. and the time never came back (Sharon Olds Quotes) I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it’s a poem, it’s almost written in my head somewhere (Sharon Olds Quotes) I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a long line of women who put themselves first (Sharon Olds Quotes) I didn’t have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type (Sharon Olds Quotes) I’m probably so out of it at my age that I don’t know what people think (Sharon Olds Quotes) If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it’s really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting (Sharon Olds Quotes) 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 (Sharon Olds Quotes) Many poets write books. They’ll tell you: Well, I’ve got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me (Sharon Olds Quotes) Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in (Sharon Olds Quotes) So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven’t managed that with drinking! (Sharon Olds Quotes) This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal force (Sharon Olds Quotes) Well, one thing I’m really interested in, when I’m writing, is being accurate (Sharon Olds Quotes) When I quit all these things and said I didn’t have any time, I meant I didn’t have any time (Sharon Olds Quotes) Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up (Sharon Olds Quotes) .. to a poet, the human community is like the community of birds to a bird, singing to each other. Love is one of the reasons we are singing to one another, love of language itself, love of sound, love of singing itself, and love of the other birds (Sharon Olds Quotes) I did not deceive him, he did not deceive me, I did not leave him, he did not leave me, I freed him, he freed me (Sharon Olds Quotes) There is something in me maybe someday to be written; now it is folded, and folded, and folded, like a note in school (Sharon Olds Quotes) ... sometimes I can feel it, the way we are pouring slowly toward a curve and around it through something dark and soft, and we are bound to each other (Sharon Olds Quotes) Seeing yourself as responsible for the quality of your relationship, as a prime mover in your life, I think is a bold, amazing step (Sharon Olds Quotes) The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother (Sharon Olds Quotes) When anyone escapes, my heart / leaps up. Even when it’s I who am escaped from, / I am half on the side of the leaver (Sharon Olds Quotes) Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It’s written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour (Sharon Olds Quotes) I think that my work is easy to understand because I am not a thinker, I am not a... How can I put it? I write the way I perceive, I guess (Sharon Olds Quotes) We’re all taking on too much, we’re all asking too much of ourselves. We’re all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more (Sharon Olds Quotes) At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn’t have time to do anything but work (Sharon Olds Quotes) I’m not asking a poem to carry a lot of rocks in its pockets. Just being an ordinary observer and liver and feeler and letting the experience get through you onto the notebook with the pen, through the arm, out of the body, onto the page, without distortion (Sharon Olds Quotes)

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