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Quote by Kenneth Patchen

“The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.”

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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

“There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain's crest; Their's is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don't know how to rest.”

Knows Men World Heart Stills Race Break Know How Blood Fields Fit Mountain Travel Range Curse Climbs Flood Gypsy

Author:Robert W. Service

“Candor disarms paranoia.”

Paranoia Candor

Author:Allen Ginsberg

“It's what you do that makes your soul.”

Soul Dream Your Soul Rabbits I Had A Dream Just A Dream Dreams You Have Small Dreams

Author:Barbara Kingsolver

“It's the one thing we never quite get over: that we contain our own future.”

One Thing Get Over

Author:Barbara Kingsolver

“If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.”

Ifs Want Dream Sweet Sweet Life Sweet Dreams

Author:Barbara Kingsolver

“My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail.”

Life Is One Day Details Grim

Book:A Confederacy of Dunces

Source: A Confederacy of Dunces

“Silence is the demon's trap, and the more one is silenced, the more terrible the demon; but silence is also the divinity's mutual understanding with the single individual.”

Individual Understanding Silence Terrible Demon Divinity Mutual Traps Silence Is Mutual Understanding

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“There is nothing like a War for the reinvention of lives.”

War Reinvention

Author:Salman Rushdie

“When politics and home life have become one and the same thing, [...] then,[...] it is evident that we will be in a state of total liberty or anarchy.”

States Home Liberty Anarchy Evident Home Life

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“Though Destiny a hundred times waylays you,in the end it pitches a tent for you in Heaven. It is God's loving kindness to terrify you,in order to lead you to His Kingdom of safety.”

Ends Order Heaven Destiny Kindness Hundred Safety Kingdoms Tents Loving Kindness

Author:Rumi

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