Escritas — Poems List

David W. Donoho

Everybody’s great. Holly is tired,

Everybody’s great. Holly is tired, but she’s fine. Riley came right out and as soon as he heard Holly’s voice, he smiled. He has hair like Elvis — a full head of black hair. The doctor said he came out looking like a 2-year-old.

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Eugene Botkin

Yesterday, at the same reading,

Yesterday, at the same reading, I suddenly heard a word that sounded like "Papulya". I nearly burst into sobs. Again -- this is not a hallucination because the word was pronounced, the voice was similar, and I did not doubt for an instant that my daughter, who was supposed to be in Tobolsk, was talking to me ...

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Barbara De Angelis

Difficult times always create opportunities

Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.

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Alexander Meigs Haig

I'm the only American alive

I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

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Barbara De Angelis

You don't develop courage by

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

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Eugene Botkin

If faith without works is

If faith without works is dead, then deeds can live without faith ...

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Barbara De Angelis

In order to experience everyday

In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.

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May Sarton

We are able to laugh

We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

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Barbara De Angelis

Only when your consciousness is

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.

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Eugene Botkin

My voluntary confinement here is

My voluntary confinement here is restricted less by time than by my earthly existence. In essence I am dead -- dead for my children -- dead for my work ... I am dead but not yet buried, or buried alive -- whichever, the consequences are nearly identical ...

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Barbara De Angelis

The greatest gift you and

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.

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Oprah Winfrey

Be more splendid, more extraordinary.

Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.

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Eugene Botkin

I will probably never hear

I will probably never hear that voice so dear or feel that touch so dear with which my little children so spoiled me ...

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Barbara De Angelis

If you aren't good at

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

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Barbara De Angelis

Men aren't the way they

Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.

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Charles F. Kettering

Keep on going and the

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

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Barbara De Angelis

You can't ask for what

You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it.

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Eugene Botkin

I am making a last

I am making a last attempt at writing a real letter -- at least from here -- although that qualification, I believe, is utterly superfluous. I do not think that I was fated at any time to write to anyone from anywhere.

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Barbara De Angelis

No one is in control

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

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Alexander Meigs Haig

The warning message we sent

The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.

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Eugene Botkin

This vindicates my last decision

This vindicates my last decision ... when I unhesitatingly orphaned my own children in order to carry out my physician's duty to the end, as Abraham did not hesitate at God's demand to sacrifice his only son.

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Per Bak

Perhaps I'm the only crazy

Perhaps I'm the only crazy person in here, but I understand zero - I mean ZERO - of what you said!

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Jean Anouilh

With God, what is terrible

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.

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May Sarton

Though friendship is not quick

Though friendship is not quick to burn, It is explosive stuff.

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