#thin

I concede nothing until they throw dirt on my face. ↗

— John Monks

#dirt #face #i #nothing #throw

As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#art #gallery #humans #kind #look

I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#being #class #directly #each #i

I don't think of sex as a self-destructive impulse. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#impulse #self-destructive #sex #think

I haven't written anything in four years. I'm sort of dried up. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#dried #four #haven #i #sort

I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it's too easy to write about my last trick or something. It's not very interesting to the reader. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#easy #gay #i #interesting #last

I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#considered #enjoy #heterosexual #homosexual #i

A "sin" is something which is not necessary. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#sin #something #which

I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are. ↗

— David Guterson

#compulsion #consider #deeply #duty #ethical

I think of myself as a really happy person. ↗

— David Guterson

#happy person #i #i think #myself #person