Joseph Brodsky Weaknesses have a certain function in a poem… some strategy in order to pave the reader’s way to the impact of this or that line. – Joseph Brodsky Function Quotes Impact Quotes Pave Quotes Poem Quotes Readers Quotes Strategy Quotes Weaknesses Quotes I started to write when I was eighteen or nineteen. However, until I was about twenty-three, I didn’t take it that seriously. Basically, it’s hard for me to assess myself, a hardship not only prompted by the immodesty of the enterprise, but because one is not capable of assessing himself, let alone his work. However, if I were to summarize, my main interest is the nature of time. That’s what interests me most of all. What time can do to a man.
Ian Mcewan I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I’m an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists. – Ian Mcewan
FaithHopeThomas Aquinas Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand. – Thomas Aquinas
Daniel Woodrell I was reading newspaper front pages from the 1930s, and I was taken aback. I’m not naive about American history, but I was a bit knocked off my feet by things that used to be on the front pages of newspapers. – Daniel Woodrell
Alessia CaraMom Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to Italy. – Alessia Cara
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