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Quote by David Whyte

“We sabotage our creative possibilities because the world revealed by our imagination may not fit well with the life we have taken so much trouble to construct over the years. Faced with the pain of that distance, the distance between desire and reality, we turn just for a moment and quickly busy ourselves.”

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David Whyte

David Whyte, born on November 2, 1955, is a renowned poet whose works are known for their profound emotion and philosophical insights. His poetry covers themes of life, nature, and the human condition. more

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Writing Enough Stuff Bills Coffee Checks Get Back Mail Garbage Junk Grind Bananas Advertisements Distasteful Junk Mail

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“Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.”

My Own Mistake Fool Cost Learn From Your Mistakes

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Trying Risk

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“Your road is everything that a road ought to be...and yet you will not stay in it half a mile, for the reason that little, seductive, mysterious roads are always branching out from it on either hand, and as these curve sharply also and hide what is beyond, you cannot resist the temptation to desert your own chosen path and explore them.”

Littles Reason Hands Half Path Ought Miles Chosen Temptation Mysterious Desert Curves Seductive Chosen Path Branching Out

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