#t

There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library. ↗

— Anthony Hecht

#call #composes #good #his #i

A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#apt #full #him #himself #his

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#hollywood #i #jacket #off #put

If I replace the word God with the word nature, I am far more at ease with the whole religious enterprise. ↗

— Alan S. Kesselheim

#god #nature #religion #age

Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for. ↗

— Edith Piaf

#foolishness #last-words #life #regret #death

In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the sensation of cold and darkness everywhere. I am so scared I could scream. But when I open my mouth, nothing happens. And I wonder if you fall forever and never touch down, is it really still falling? I think I will fall forever. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#dream #dreams #falling #nightmare #death

breathe in experience breathe out poetry ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#poetry #experience

I would not reconsider the nuclear cuts. The appropriations committee did due process in looking at where there was the ability to cut some spending and that's what we did and now it's time to look forward to fiscal year '12. ↗

— Joe Heck

#appropriations #committee #cut #cuts #did

We know that Medicare is set to go bankrupt in 2024 with no action, and social security is set to be insolvent by 2037. ↗

— Joe Heck

#bankrupt #go #know #medicare #security

Bitterness is so ugly. ↗

— Amy Heckerling

#ugly