The poet represents the mind in the act of defending us against itself.
If you let go of me now,” I whispered, stretching against him, “it could be another six hundred years before you find me again. Are you willing to take that risk?
Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story.
A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.
There is a trick to flying. The angels told me. " He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as a human being. When you are human, you discover that there is great power in hating the earth. And it can almost make you fly. But it never will. " I had frowned, not quite understanding him. "So, what's the trick?" "Love the sky.
And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his.
. . . it is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see.
Each generation has a right to choose for itself the form of government it believes most promotive of its happiness.
. . . the people who talk most about the need to regulate guns are also usually the same people who know the least about them. Ask these gun prohibitionists about the Second Amendment and they'll usually mention hunting or sport shooting.
I'm his locomotive and he's my shield.
If we are truly humble , we will co-operate.