Perhaps poetry will be
Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what’s to come. Galway Kinnell
Warning
You’re not terrified of
You’re not terrified of me. You’re terrified of letting yourself care for me, and I can’t say I blame you. People who love me usually end up dead. But you see, I’m not going to give you any choice. You belong to me now whether you like it or not.” “I don’t like it, not … Read more
The only thing he
The only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his mind, although from time to time in the years that were left to him he would feel it revive, with no warning and for no reason, like the sudden pang of … Read more
His place was always
His place was always set at the table, in case he rturned from the dead without warning . Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Inspiration gives no warnings.
Inspiration gives no warnings. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
For the righteous, the
For the righteous, the gospel provides a warning before calamity, a program for the crises, refuge for each disaster… The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to the prophets and stored at least one year’s supply of survival food. Ezra Taft Benson
Time and again our
Time and again our best and brightest have alerted society to looming problems, but our persistent pattern has been to ignore the warnings and suffer the consequences. The pathetic refrain of recent years –‘Nobody saw this coming’–is always a self-serving lie. Eugene Linden
Taking his time, as
Taking his time, as though he has all of it in the world, in the universe, from the days when tales meant more than they do now, but perhaps less than they will someday, he draws a breath that releases the tangled knot of words in his heart, and they fall from his lips effortlessly. … Read more
The circus arrives without
The circus arrives without warning. Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. Erin Morgenstern