On the contrary, a trust in the staying power and travel-worthiness of such good should encourage us to credit the possibility of a world where respect for the validity of every tradition
will issue in the creation and maintenance of a salubrious political space.
- Seamus Heaney
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But that citizen’s perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of... It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir;... Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that... No bit of the natural world is more valuable or more vulnerable than the tree bit. Nothing is... Believe that a further shore
is reachable from here.
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.
Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what’s said and what’s... If you have the words, there’s always a chance that you’ll find the way.
History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for... When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever... Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.
Don’t be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport’s green.
All I know is a door into the dark
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