Fleur Adcock Quotes

#1. Christians need a new filling of the Holy Spirit to love those who disagree with them. And the greatest expression of love is to share with them the most precious thing a Christian has, which is the good news of the salvation of Jesus Christ.

Brother Andrew

#2. I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples crushed against the ribcage, and that metallic tingling in the chin set off by a certain odd nerve: unpleasure.

Fleur Adcock

#3. A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

Otto Von Bismarck

#4. Welcome back. I see the assassins have failed.

Darynda Jones

#5. Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen.

Fleur Adcock

#6. the Great Vaccination - the vaccination against the stupidity of the intelligentsia.

Alvaro De Campos

#7. Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

Chanakya

#8. Art's whatever you choose to frame.

Fleur Adcock

#9. Somehow we manage it: to like our friends, to tolerate not only their little ways but their huge neuroses, their monumental oddness: "Oh well," we smile, "it's one of his funny days."

Fleur Adcock