Quotes of Carolyn Kizer

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Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerned with our surfaces.

- Carolyn Kizer

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“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it. ”

- Rabindranath Tagore

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Those who complain about being constrained in their job and life should ask themselves one simple question. Are you constrained by chains or in your own mind? ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life. ”

- Charles F. Glassman

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? ”

- Russell Hoban

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ”

- Robert Frost

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ and then I look deep into your eyes and we melt into each other and enjoy that melting, like those things that belong together... (fragment from Passion beneath, chapter Passion) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. ”

- Unknown

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Living with a purpose in life is more fulfilling than living a rich lifestyle without a purpose. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ With love comes the risk of losing it. With love comes the risk of getting burnt with it. When love burns, it consumes even the soul. ”

- Jyoti Arora