James Kirkup quotes

“We find we breathe again, and hear the surgeon hum. Outside, in the street, a car starts up. The heart regularly Thunders.”
-- James Kirkup

Source : James Kirkup (1996). “An extended breath: collected longer poems and sequences”

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“Now [Mike] Gove has destroyed Boris Johnson.”
-- James Kirkup

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“The idea that affable Boris[Johnson] is actually divisive, selfish and unreliable is Mr 's biggest weakness.”
-- James Kirkup

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“Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”

“The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.”

“I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.”

“He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.”

“Chop your own path. Get off the car track”

“I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.”

“I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.”

“YOU have no room to laugh, that's all. I'm not doing any worse with Boovish than you did with English.' Get off of the car,' J.Lo huffed. 'I am an English superstar.' Uh-uh. There's no comparison. 'Gratuity' in written Boovish has seventeen different bubbles that all have to be the right size and in the right place. 'J.Lo' in written English only has three letters, and you still spelled it 'M-smiley face-pound sign.”

Source : Adam Rex (2013). “The True Meaning of Smekday”, p.178, A&C Black

“In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don't start, it's either the fuel system or the electrical system. Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore. The car is effectively a black box.”

“Take a long pause ...breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you.”