THE RAVEN - Edgar Allan Poe
ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“ ’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
Ah, distinctly
"In North Korea, the only kind of 'love' you can describe is for the Leader. We had heard the 'love' word used in different ways in smuggled TV shows and movies, but there was no way to apply it in daily life in North Korea - not with your family, friends, husband, or wife. But in South Korea there were so many different ways of exoressing love - for your parents, friends, nature, God, animals, and, of course, your lover."
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[Lafayette Young]
December 1, 1970
[...] nobody understands an alcoholic... I started drinking young... at 16 and 17, and the next morning I’d always get it—those looks, that hatred. of course, my parents hated me anyhow. But I remember saying to them one morning: “Christ, so I got drunk... You people treat me like a murderer...” “That’s it! That’s it!” they said, “what you’ve done is worse than murder!” they meant it. well, what they meant was that I was socially disgracing them in front of the neighbors, and there might be an excuse for murder, but for drinking... never, by god, no! They must have meant it, because when the war came on, they urged me to join the murder... it was socially acceptable.
[To Jon and Louise Webb]
March 25, 1961
[...] What bothers me is when I read about the old Paris groups, or somebody who knew somebody in the old days. They did it then too, the names of old and now. I think Hemingway’s writing a book about it now. But in spite of it all, I can’t buy it. I can’t stand writers or editors or anybody who wants to
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If
Sayfa 44 - Max Ehrmann was an American attorney and poet who often wrote on spiritual themes. During his life, he contributed great thoughts to our literary lexicons, blending the magic of words and wisdom with his worthy observations.
