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“For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.”

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996) was a prominent poet of the 20th century, known for his profound thoughts and unique poetic style. His works cover a wide range of themes, including personal experiences, historical events, and philosophical reflections. Brodsky's poetry is characterized by its beautiful language and philosophical depth, and has had a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

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“To face a man in combat is challenge enough. To find the goddess in a woman is the life work of a man. Hard though the first may be, the second is the harder longer road. But every man seeks the woman of the dream, and only the best of men finds what he seeks.”

Men Firsts May Hard Enough Dream Faces Challenges Harder Every Man Combat Goddess

Book:Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle: The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels

Source: Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle: The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels

“True lovers may never know what love means. A man may love a woman out of his reach. She does not know he loves her, and he will never speak of it.”

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Book:Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle: The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels

Source: Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle: The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels

“She could walk through a lightning storm without being touched; grab a bolt of lightning in the palm of her hand; use the heat of lightning to start the kindling going under her medicine pot. She turned the moon into salve, the stars into swaddling cloth, and healed the wounds of every creature walking up on two or down on four.”

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Book:Mama Day: A Novel

Source: Mama Day: A Novel

“Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!”

Men Love Heart Hands Passion Winning Relationship Scarlet

Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne

“These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that.”

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Book:The Da Vinci Code: A Novel

Source: The Da Vinci Code: A Novel

“She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.”

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Author:Elizabeth Goudge

“If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself.”

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Book:A Lotus Grows in the Mud

Source: A Lotus Grows in the Mud

“For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.”

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Book:Joseph Brodsky: Conversations

Source: Joseph Brodsky: Conversations

“The key is to learn to respect and honor the complications of other people's lives”

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“It is a curve each of them feels, unmistakably. It is the parabola. They must have guessed, once or twice - guessed and refused to believe - that everything, always, collectively, had been moving toward that purified shape latent in the sky, that shape of no surprise, no second chance, no return. Yet they do move forever under it, reserved for its own black-and-white bad news certainly as if it were the rainbow, and they its children...”

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