Source: Conversations with Rita Dove
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Source: Conversations with Rita Dove
“Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree.”
Source: Collected Poems: 1974-2004
“There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.”
“If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.”
Source: Conversations with Rita Dove
“When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.”
Source: Conversations with Rita Dove
“Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.”
“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.”
Source: Conversations with Rita Dove
“For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.”
“I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.”
“I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers.”
“I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.”
“I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.”
“Libraries are where it all begins.”
Source: Conversations with Rita Dove