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I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth. — William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Substitute damn every time you’re inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. — Mark Twain Poets don’t draw. They unravel their handwriting and then Continue reading qotd(s)

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Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. — Carl Sandburg

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From my tumblelog, when silence grew too small, she spoke: I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine. — Emily Dickinson