WIST Quotations

Richardson, James -- “Vectors: 56 Aphorisms and Ten-second Essays,” Michigan Quarterly Review, # 7 (Spring 1999)

Dave — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:44:56 +0000

Our lives get complicated because complexity is so much simpler than simplicity.

James Richardson (b. 1950) American poet
“Vectors: 56 Aphorisms and Ten-second Essays,” Michigan Quarterly Review, # 7 (Spring 1999)
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King, Stephen -- Misery (1987)

Dave — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 04:58:32 +0000

In a book, all would have gone according to plan. … but life was so fucking untidy — what could you say for an existence where some of your most crucial conversations of your life took place when you needed to take a shit, or something? An existence where there weren’t even any chapters?

Stephen King (b. 1947) American author
Misery (1987)

Milne, A. A. -- Year In, Year Out, “July” (1952)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

A. A. Milne (1882–1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Year In, Year Out, “July” (1952)
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