Jon Brooder > Jon's Quotes

“My moods are inversely related to the clarity of the sky.”
― Glenn Gould

“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.”
― Gary Snyder

“stay together
learn the flowers
go light”
― Gary Snyder

“All that we did was human,
stupid, easily forgiven,
Not quite right.”
― Gary Snyder

“Clouds sink down the hills
Coffee is hot again. The dog
Turns and turns about, stops and sleeps.”
― Gary Snyder, Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

“Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand.”
― Alice B. Toklas

“The only safe thing is to take a chance.”
― Elaine May

“You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other. We always returned to it no matter who we were or how it was changed or with what difficulties, or ease, it could be reached. Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
― Winston S. Churchill