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“... poetry has been able to function quite directly as human interpretation of the raw, loose universe. It is a mixture, if you will, of journalism and metaphysics, or of science and religion.”
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“Cut asparagus at night — in desperation. When one is very tired one always does one more thing.”
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“In order to create an alternative an oppressed group must at once shatter the self-reflecting world which encircles it and, at the same time, project its own image onto history.”
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“... wit is often its own worst enemy.”
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“The richest source of creation is feeling, followed by a vision of its meaning.”
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“I am not wise. Not knowing, and learning to be comfortable with not knowing, is a great discovery.”
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“Reality is unbelievably terrifying after one has done nothing but dream.”
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“Geography is the maker of history.”