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Quote by Theodore Roethke

“What falls away is always. And is near.”

Book:The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke

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This volume brings together a selection of Theodore Roethke's most celebrated poems, reflecting his exploration of themes such as nature, love, and the human condition. Roethke's work is known for its vivid imagery and profound emotional resonance. more

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Theodore Roethke

Theodore Roethke was an American poet known for his deep emotions and rich imagination. His poetry often explores themes of human emotion and the natural world, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“It is an error to divide people into the living and the dead: there are people who are dead-alive, and people who are alive-alive. The dead-alive also write, walk, speak, act. But they make no mistakes; only machines make no mistakes, and they produce only dead things. The alive-alive are constantly in error, in search, in questions, in torment.”

People Writing Speak Walks Mistake Alive Produce Machines Errors Divides Torment Dead Alive

Book:We

Source: We

“The whole world is one immense woman, and we are in her very womb, we are not yet born, we are joyfully ripening.”

World Whole Born Whole World Immense Womb Ripening

Book:We: Introduction by Will Self

Source: We: Introduction by Will Self

“Where we have reasons for what we believe, we have no need of faith; where we have no reasons, we have lost both our connection to the world and to one another.”

World Needs Believe Reason Lost Connections Atheist No Reason

Author:Sam Harris

“All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to retain my freedom.' I should myself have thought,' said Jacques, 'that freedom consisted in frankly confronting situations into which one had deliberately entered, and accepting all one's responsibilities. But that, no doubt, is not your view.”