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Quote by Kenneth Patchen

“Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest?”

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Kenneth Patchen

Kenneth Patchen was an American poet born on December 13, 1911, and died on January 8, 1972. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotional expression, which has won him both readers and critics alike. more

“But the economic meltdown should have undone, once and for all, the idea of poverty as a personal shortcoming or dysfunctional state of mind. The lines at unemployment offices and churches offering free food includes strivers as well as slackers, habitual optimists as well as the chronically depressed. When and if the economy recovers we can never allow ourselves to forget how widespread our vulnerability is, how easy it is to spiral down toward destitution.”

Source: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

“If nothing matters, there's nothing to save.”

Ifs Matter Nothing Matters Eating Animals

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“I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's.”

Thinking Stars Parent Player

Author:Craig Ferguson

“I trust you have seen the ocean. If you have, then you have witnessed the divine. How barren the ground is in comparison! If I could count the hours I have spent staring out at it! And yet those hours never feel lost. I cannot imagine how else I could refill them were I given a second chance.”

Ifs Feels Lost Given Hours Chance Imagine Divine Ocean Staring If I Could Comparison Second Chance Barren I Trust You Given A Second Chance Refills

Author:David Ebershoff

“The person I am now, compared with the person in the dream, has been baffled and defeated and only supposes he enjoys a full life. In the dreams, I see what a full life really consists of, and it is not what I really have.”

Persons Has Beens Dream Enjoy Defeated Full Life Baffled

Book:The VALIS Trilogy

Source: The VALIS Trilogy

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