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Theodore Roethke Quotes
Brief author info: Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) American poet.
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Some have held the Eye to be The instrument of lechery, More furtive than the Hand in low And vicious venery-Not so! Its rape is gentle, never more Violent than a metaphor.
Reason? That dreary shed, that hutch for grubby schoolboys.
So much of adolescence is an ill-defined dying, An intolerable waiting, A longing for another place and time, Another condition.
How terrible the need for God.
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Here is the secret of inspiration: tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
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To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.
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