QUOTES - FROM A RANDOM CHOICE

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QUOTES - FROM A RANDOM CHOICE

Having seen specific poets for their ‘quotes’ I thought we may try a random assembly of quotes from different authors, just as an attempt to simultaneously notice views on different items by eminent authors. I trust our blog viewers find them interesting as much.

“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject cheese “

GK CHESTERTON –Writer /Novelist  

The writer reveals exceptional alacrity in that he has spotted that ‘cheese’ has not found favour with poets. It, also implies that poets spare nothing in their efforts to describe. Incidentally ‘cheese’ is what photographers used to tell their subjects to say [‘cheese’] to make them look smiling without appearing tight-lipped in photos.

“Unbeing dead isn’t being alive’

EE CUMMINGS –American poet/ Playwright

The author succinctly indicates that merely not being dead is not the true equivalent of being alive. Indirectly, being alive is a state of vibrant activity –physical/intellectual. A subtle definition of the two states of life is this quote.

“Resist much, obey little”

WALT WHITMAN –Poet /Essayist/ Playwright  

This quote is a clear suggestion for anyone to be independent but not ‘disobedient’. The implied message ‘resist’ refers to logical position to fight unethical dictates but obey right advices.

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night”

SARAH WILLIAMS-Author /Lawyer [New Zealand]

The lady suggests that she holds no fear for night, as she has abundant love for the stars that fill the night sky and in the company of so many loved ones how could there ever be any fear. Indirectly the poetess registers her appreciation of Nature in all its manifestations - be it day or night.

“We love things for what they are”

ROBERT FROST –American Poet

Perhaps, the one above is a ‘down to earth’ assertion by the poet Robert Frost. It bluntly states that our feeling of love for a thing has its roots in one’s perception for its form or structure. I deem it a blunt assertion because it precludes any scope for review by anyone else, it being the observer’s perception to deem it fit to ‘love a thing’.    

To continue………