The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes
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“It amazes me that organs that piss Can give human beings such perfect bliss.”
“Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.”
Source: Selected Poems, 1945-89: A Wild Peculiar Joy
Source: A Wild Peculiar Joy: The Selected Poems
Source: The Selected Poems of Irving Layton
“An aphorism should be like a burr: sting, ... and leave a little soreness.”
“To this pass Christianity has come There is no God, and Jesus is his son.”
“Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.”
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“Idealist: a cynic in the making.”
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“Time flames like a paraffin stove / and what burns are the minutes I live.”
Source: A Wild Peculiar Joy: The Selected Poems
“I have stopped being a misanthrope.”
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Source: The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes
“By walking, I found out where I was going.”
Source: A Wild Peculiar Joy: The Selected Poems
“My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.”
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“God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.”
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Source: The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes
Source: Engagements: the prose of Irving Layton
Source: The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes
“A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?”
Source: Taking Sides: The Collected Social and Political Writings of Irving Layton, 1935-1977