“I'm always somehow drawn to that sense of how fragile things are and how a garden means so differently depending upon whose language you happen to be in or whose century you happen to be in.” MeanHappensLanguageCenturyGardenFragileFragile Things Author:Martha Ronk
“I think those of us who use language are always trying for this, trying to keep everything from floating away by trying to write about it despite failure.” ThinkingWritingTryingUseLanguageDespiteFloatingAlways TryingFloating Away Author:Martha Ronk
“One of the things I've always thought is that if I were to write a poetics, it would have to do with the poetics of failure, and the way in which all the things that you claim or that you try for are already based on the limits of language.” IfsWayWritingTryingLanguageLimitsClaims Author:Martha Ronk
“Language is as fragile as the little alpine plant.” LittlesLanguagePlantFragileAlpine Author:Martha Ronk