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“It is night, And it is vanity, and age Blackens the heart of Adam. Fear, The yellow chirper, beaks its cage.”

Book:Poems, 1938-1949

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Poems, 1938-1949

This book is a compilation of poems written over a decade, showcasing the author's work during a significant period of time. more

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Robert Lowell

Robert Lowell was an influential American poet known for his complex personal life and profound poetic works. His poetry often explores themes of personal identity, history, and religion, and has had a significant impact on 20th-century American poetry. more

“I want to see all the countries in the world and learn all the languages. I want to have thousands of friends and I want all my friends to be different. I want to play six instruments. I want to be the best in the world at two things. I want to be a great athlete and I want to be a great surgeon. I need to practice very hard every day. I need to sleep as little as possible. I need to read at least one major book every week. And I need to remember that my seventy years are going to go by too quickly.”

“Just getting in the pool for seven straight hours is unbearable to me.... It's grueling. There's nothing physically pleasurable about it. If you're doing a hard workout, you're throwing up in the gutter. At night you cling to your pillow and just hope that your body revives before you have to go back and do it again.”

Ifs Hard Body Night Hours Hard Work Seven Your Body Throwing Swimming Pool Workout Unbearable Pillow Revive Gutters Throwing Up

Author:Diana Nyad

“[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.”

Understanding Intellectual

Author:Ann Richards

“Movies are always in a state of locomotion. You start with a general idea of how it should feel and then you find you've got a runaway train. You have to race to catch up: the movie is telling you what it wants to become, and when that happens there's no greater feeling.”

Want Feels Should Ideas States Feelings Happens Race Greater Train Runaway

Author:Steven Spielberg

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