Pagan Virtues Quotes

“MRS. CAVENDISH SPEAKS OF THE UNFORGIVABLE More than once I’ve permitted in myself what I wouldn’t forgive in others.”
― Stephen Dunn, Pagan Virtues: Poems

“There will always be people who think suffering leads to enlightenment, who place themselves on the verge of what’s about to break, or go dangerously wrong. Let’s resist them and their thinking, you and I. Let’s not rush toward that sure thing that awaits us, which can dumb us into nonsense and pain.”
― Stephen Dunn, Pagan Virtues: Poems

“I still smell it, that clean, lingering scent of misfortune. It’s what keeps me alert, makes each new day bearable.”
― Stephen Dunn, Pagan Virtues: Poems

“Why not just try to settle in, take your place, however undeserved, among the fortunate? Why not trust that almost everyone, even in his own house, is a troubled guest?”
― Stephen Dunn, Pagan Virtues: Poems

“historical. Outside, waiting to be seated: Illness, Boredom, Sorrow. Loneliness already seated, dining with a group.”
― Stephen Dunn, Pagan Virtues: Poems