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Vijay Seshadri Quotes

The sun does what it does because the earth tilts Picture Quote #1

Language itself is a mask. It’s the first mask in the series of invented selves - they’ve come right out of language. The way you speak changes you, because when you are speaking, you are representing yourself in a certain way Picture Quote #1

All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There’s a science-fiction aspect to our contemporary life. What’s virtual, what’s real Picture Quote #1

I resist thinking of myself as a teacher. I think of myself as a writer who has pulled a fast one and hoodwinked this institution into giving me a job and health insurance Picture Quote #1

It’s important for all writers to try to figure out what they’re doing Picture Quote #1

Historically, there are hierarchies of purity. Certain aspects of poetry are very, very pure. The lyric poem can’t be anything but the lyric poem Picture Quote #1

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Technology is transforming everything. Who knows what it’s doing, we don’t really understand it Picture Quote #1

I would say that when I write prose I’m a more socially responsible person. I’m much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me Picture Quote #1

You probably have to split yourself in various ways just in order to survive, and to think of yourself as a multitude Picture Quote #1

Society imposes an identity on you because of the way you look. Your struggle as a self has to do with an identity being imposed on you that you know is not your identity Picture Quote #1

You don’t think of yourself as your external representation, or even your national origin or anything like that. You don’t reduce yourself to that. That’s kind of unthinkable Picture Quote #1

I think that when you reveal things that are going to cause pain, you have rhetorical resources in poetry Picture Quote #1

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I was always a reader. In the fifth grade, I got some sort of prize for having read hundreds of books from the library Picture Quote #1

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The sun does what it does because the earth tilts (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) Language itself is a mask. It’s the first mask in the series of invented selves - they’ve come right out of language. The way you speak changes you, because when you are speaking, you are representing yourself in a certain way (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There’s a science-fiction aspect to our contemporary life. What’s virtual, what’s real (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) I resist thinking of myself as a teacher. I think of myself as a writer who has pulled a fast one and hoodwinked this institution into giving me a job and health insurance (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) It’s important for all writers to try to figure out what they’re doing (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) Historically, there are hierarchies of purity. Certain aspects of poetry are very, very pure. The lyric poem can’t be anything but the lyric poem (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) Technology is transforming everything. Who knows what it’s doing, we don’t really understand it (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) I would say that when I write prose I’m a more socially responsible person. I’m much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) You probably have to split yourself in various ways just in order to survive, and to think of yourself as a multitude (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) Society imposes an identity on you because of the way you look. Your struggle as a self has to do with an identity being imposed on you that you know is not your identity (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) You don’t think of yourself as your external representation, or even your national origin or anything like that. You don’t reduce yourself to that. That’s kind of unthinkable (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) I think that when you reveal things that are going to cause pain, you have rhetorical resources in poetry (Vijay Seshadri Quotes) I was always a reader. In the fifth grade, I got some sort of prize for having read hundreds of books from the library (Vijay Seshadri Quotes)