What shall I do for pretty girls Now my old bawd is dead?
Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.
Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.
The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.
What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?
When I speak it is in order to be heard.
In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified.
If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.
It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger. Like a fireman, we have to pour water on the blaze first and not waste time looking for the one who set the house on fire. "Breathing in, I know that I am angry. Breathing out, I know that I must put all my energy into caring for my anger. " So we avoid thinking about the other person, and we refrain from doing or saying anything as long as our anger persists. If we put all our mind into observing our anger, we will avoid doing any damage that we may regret later.
Suicide was a mortal luxury not afforded to angels.
My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.