Quotes - Amy (amyking) (Brooklyn, NY) Showing 1-26 of 26

#1

“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
― James A. Baldwin

tags: love

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#2

“Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

1401 likes

#3

“A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”
― Diane Arbus

tags: art, photography, secrecy, secrets

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#4

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues

7609 likes

#5

“People can be slave ships in shoes.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road

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#6

“There are things that are not sayable. That's why we have words.”
― Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

tags: art, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#7

“ASK NOT IF POETRY IS DEAD, ASK HOW YOU CAN LIVE FOR POETRY.”
― Amy King

tags: american-poetry, poem, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#8

“THE AMPUTATED HEART
BEATS HARDER”
― Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

tags: american-poetry, art, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#9

“I WISH YOU ALL THE REALITY YOU COULD EVER WANT. HANDLE. WANT.”
― Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#10

“STUFF POETS STILL LIKE: POETRY”
― Amy King, Slaves to Do These Things

tags: american-poetry, art, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#11

“HER BARBED-WIRE SMILE
LIFTED YOU TO HEAVEN
BUT I HAVE TO ASK
DID GOD LOOK LIKE HER VOICE”
― Amy King, This Opera of Peace

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#12

“POETRY SHAPES MY GENDER.”
― Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#13

“YOU SAY "POET" LIKE THAT MEANS SOMETHING.”
― Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#14

“LIFE IS NEVER OVER.”
― Amy King, The Good Campaign

tags: american-poetry, art, life, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#15

“POETRY HAS A PEPTIC PRESENCE. PRESENTLY.”
― Amy King, Kiss Me With the Mouth of Your Country

tags: american-poetry, art, culture, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#16

“DESPITE THE INVENTION OF TIME MACHINES, WE KEEP BEING LINEAR.”
― Amy King, Slaves to Do These Things

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#17

“ERRORS ARE WHAT MAKE US HUMAN. PLOT TWIST: I'M A HORSE.”
― Amy King, Slaves to Do These Things

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#18

“SPOILER ALERT: EVERYONE FALLS IN LOVE & DIES!”
― Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, plot, poetry, poetry-quotes, story

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#19

“WORDS SHLD BE FREE. RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR SENTENCES.”
― Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#20

“IT'S NOT THE HONEY WHISKEY IN A FRIDAY NIGHT - IT'S THE MANIC SHOW OF POETRY TWEETS THAT TURNS ME ON.”
― Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

tags: american-poetry, art, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#21

“SOME PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE. GET USED TO IT. QUESTION MARK.”
― Amy King, The Good Campaign

tags: american-poetry, art, death, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#22

“OMG! I DESIGNED THIS NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM! IT'S CALLED "POETRY" - YOU HAVE TO READ AMY KING'S POEMS TO GET AN INVITE ~”
― Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

tags: american-poetry, art, ello, facebook, google-plus, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, twitter

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#23

“SO MANY PEOPLE, SO FEW POETS”
― Amy King

tags: poet, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#24

“Amy King is a true bard.”
― Tomaž Šalamun

tags: american-poetry, blurb, poem, poet, poetry

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#25

“YOUR WORDS ARE MADE OF THE AIR I BREATHE.”
― Amy King

tags: american-poetry, poem, poet, poetry, poetry-quotes

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#26

“We were quite different, but we belonged together, we were more than the sum of our two selves, we were allies, we made our own community, and that is rare in life.”
― Sándor Márai, Embers

tags: differences, soul-mate

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