Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.
I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.
The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.
I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.
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Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know...
At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in...
Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively...