“The writer's first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth... and refuse to be an accomplice of lies and misinformation. Literature is the house of nuance and contrariness against the voices of simplification.” FirstsJobsLyingLiteratureHouseVoiceOpinionRefuseTelling The TruthNuanceMisinformationSimplificationAccomplices Book:At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
“Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Night lie before me and behind me night, And God within far Heaven refuse to light The consolation of the dawn for me,-- Between the shadowy burns of Heaven and Hell, It is enough love leaves my soul to dwell With memory.” SoulEnoughLightLyingNightHeavenBlackMemoriesBehindsHellSeaRefuseBitterMy SoulDawnSandConsolationHeaven And HellEnough Love Author:Madison Cawein
“No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.” MatterHardLyingBeatsFellowsRefuseQuittingDust Book:A Heap o' Living' Source: A Heap o' Living'