quotes about American Poetry

“I feel like I'm just a woman like every woman. We have our doubts, which is better, because I always prefer to stay humble about everything.”

“Someday we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that's how you and I will be”

“Just getting out of your town seems to be a pervasive thing in England. But I don't want to keep grinding the axe forever, it's boring.”

Source : "The Cribs' Gary Jarman Talks Johnny Marr Collaboration, New Album". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2009.

“O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!”

“Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.”

Source : "See Stylist Rachel Zoe in a Bikini". www.usmagazine.com. January 7, 2010.

“The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets.”

“If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality.”

“You may be sure that of all the moments of your life, the time you spend before the divine Sacrament will be that which will give you more strength during life and more consolation at the hour of your death and during eternity”

“Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.”

“The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.”