‘Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.’
Quotes
“Words add to the senses. The words for the dazzle
Of mica, the dithering of grass,
The Arachne integument of dead trees,
Are the eye grown larger, more intense.”— from “Variations on a Summer Day” by Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens Said
“Mythmaking is the evolutionary enterprise of translating truths.”
-from When Women Were Birds
What Terry Tempest Williams Said
“Of course it is impossible to tell the truth. For example, how does one know it? I will not belabor the difficulty by telling you how hard I have tried. And if compulsion forces me to tell the truth, it may also lead me into error, or invention.”
Kate Millett Said
“Important encounters are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.”
Paulo Coelho Said
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
From The Critic as Artist
Oscar Wilde Said
“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
