Octavio Paz Poems – crystallizations of the universal play of analogy, transparent objects which, as they reproduce the mechanism and the rotary motion of analogy, are waterspouts of new analogies. – Octavio Paz Analogies Quotes Analogy Quotes Crystallizations Quotes Mechanism Quotes Motion Quotes Objects Quotes Play Quotes Poems Quotes Reproduce Quotes Rotary Quotes Transparent Quotes Universal Quotes Waterspouts Quotes All poems say the same thing, and each poem is unique. Each part reproduces the others, and each part is different. Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
Kate Atkinson Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it’s rubbish. – Kate Atkinson
Ed McCaffrey Well, I love being a head coach. And when my kids were younger, it just didn’t feel right at the time. I was happy where I was. I actually got away from football for a couple years until I figured out how much I missed it. – Ed McCaffrey
Anne Graham Lotz Abraham wasn’t perfect. He failed, made mistakes. But, he would go back, get right with God, and then just keep moving forward. He didn’t quit when things got hard. He just kept on going. And everywhere he went, God was there. God was with him. – Anne Graham Lotz
Catherine Drinker Bowen Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. – Catherine Drinker Bowen
David D Burns Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious – we get defensive and try to solve the problem rather than finding the truth in what the person is saying. – David D Burns
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