Arthur Gordon Quotes

#1. It's the person who likes to pat dogs to whom dogs come for pats.

Arthur Gordon

#2. The man was right who said that salt water was a cure for everything ... in one of three forms, tears, sweat, or the sea.

Arthur Gordon

#3. (It's) a fair exchange. You're giving me attention. That's a form of affection, you know.

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#4. There was something about him that drove the shyness out of you, a kind of understanding that went deeper than words and set up an instantaneous closeness. It was odd; we couldn't have been more different. Arthur Gordon

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#5. Rhythm. Life is full of it; words should have it, too. But you have to train your ear. Listen to the waves on a quiet night; you'll pick up the cadence. Look at the patterns the wind makes in dry sand and you'll see how syllables in a sentence should fall. Arthur Gordon

Arthur Gordon

#6. Let's not be too harsh where poets are concerned. They have to live in no-man's-land, halfway between dreams and reality.

Arthur Gordon

#7. Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person, not only changed, but for the better

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#8. Some criticism, no doubt, is constructive, but too much is a subtle poison.

Arthur Gordon