#in

It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#because #breathing #conversation #having #like

People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#got #haven #i #interest #lack

When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#five #go #i #know #like

When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#hearing #i #i always #man #poet

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#books #classroom #come #desk #heaped

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#edinburgh #i #poetry #residence #ridiculous

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be. ↗

— Elaine MacDonald

#coaching #compares #helps #how #life

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it. ↗

— George MacDonald

#being #does #gets #know #knows

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it. ↗

— George MacDonald

#best #does #finds #get #give

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. ↗

— George MacDonald

#giving #life #receiving