Cat

“And there you are
on the shore,

fitful and thoughtful, trying
to attach them to an idea —
some news of your own life.
But the lilies

are slippery and wild—they are
devoid of meaning, they are
simply doing,
from the deepest

spurs of their being,
what they are impelled to do
every summer.
And so, dear sorrow, are you.”
― Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume One

“It’s often said that those who are unduly bothered by gays are latent homosexuals. Isn’t it possible that people obsessed with racism are themselves racist.”
― Ann Coulter, Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama

“However things hurt, men hurt worse.”
― John Berryman, 77 Dream Songs

“Okay, so I’m the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero.”
― Richard Siken