“I think a good poem should have some inscrutable part. You can't quite explain it. The poem can only explain itself to a certain limit and at that point you enter into a little bit of mystery. That for me is the perfect poem: to begin in clarity and to end in mystery.” ThinkingShouldLittlesEndsCertainBitsPerfectMysteryLimitsLittle BitShould HaveClarityInscrutable Author:Billy Collins
“Mahmoud Darwish wrote that "extreme clarity is a mystery." That sounds right to me. I don't want anyone hunting for anything ancillary to the true mystery. If that means risking being thought of as glib or dull or banal or stupid or whatever, I guess that will just have to be the way it is.” IfsWayWantMeanSoundMysteryStupidExtremesClarityDullHunting Author:Matthew Zapruder
“Golden eagles don`t mate with bald eagles, deer don`t mate with antelope, gray wolves don`t mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals, at mongrel dogs, and mixed breed horses, and you`ll know the Great Mystery didn`t intend them to be that way. We weakened the species and introduced disease by mixing what should be kept seperate. Among humans, intermarriage weakens the respect people have for themselves and for their traditions. It undermines clarity of spirit and mind.” PeopleKnowsWayShouldMindHumansLooksSpiritAnimalMysteryDogDiseaseRedTraditionHorseSpeciesGoldenClarityGrayMatesEaglesDeerMixingRespect PeopleDomesticated AnimalsAntelopesBald EagleIntermarriage Author:Russell Means
“Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story. I would like to choose the durable clarity of a platinum print, but nothing in my destiny possesses the luminosity. I live among diffuse shadings, veiled mysteries, uncertainties; the tone of telling my life is closer to that of a portrait in sepia.” StoriesLife IsDestinyMysteryClarityUncertaintyTonePrintPortraitsMy DestinyPlatinum Book:Conversations with Isabel Allende: Revised Edition Source: Conversations with Isabel Allende: Revised Edition