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Quote by Adrienne Rich

“If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end.”

Book:The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977

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The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977

This book features a selection of poems written during the specified period, showcasing the author's work in this genre. more

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Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich was an American poet known for her profound poetry and feminist perspective. Her works explored themes such as gender, politics, and social justice, having a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

“There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone goes, 'Oh, that's a bit heavy,' or 'Eew, disgusting.' And literature is a place where that stuff goes; where people whisper to each other across books, the writer to the reader. I think that stops you feeling lonely – in the deeper sense, lonely.”

People Thinking Book Moments Feelings Literature Stuff Bits Reader Conversation Lonely Heavy Deeper Disgusting Polite Feeling Lonely

Author:Alain de Botton

“Rack your brains, that should only take a couple of seconds.”

Should Brain Couple Seconds Racks

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I don't know of any wrong road to Dictionopolis, so if this road goes to Dictionopolis at all it must be the right road, and if it doesn't it must be the right road to somewhere else, because there are no wrong roads to anywhere. Do you think it will rain?”

Ifs Thinking Knows Rain Somewhere Else Right Road Phantom Tollbooth Wrong Road

Book:The phantom tollbooth

Source: The phantom tollbooth

“Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.”

Ifs Way Years Happens Lost Imagine Return Please Years Ago Bounds My Way Phantom Tollbooth Lost Years

Book:The phantom tollbooth

Source: The phantom tollbooth

“Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.”

Found Opportunity Difficulty Adversity Significant

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“Cooperativeness is not so much learning how to get along with others as taking the kinks out of ourselves, so that others can get along with us.”

Kink

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody.”

People Knows Want Young Leadership Angry Rejected

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“Without Struggle There Is No Success”

Struggle

Author:Frederick Douglass

“every complaint is a little story the mind makes up that you completely believe in.”

Mind Believe Littles Stories Complaints

Book:A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

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