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Elizabeth Alexander quotes: Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its arrival in a public space.

Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its arrival in a public space.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: Everything was told! Then we could begin something new.

Everything was told! Then we could begin something new.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: I been in sorrow's kitchen and done licked out all the pots. Nobody knows the trouble I seen. Steal away to Jesus. I ain't got long to stay here.

I been in sorrow's kitchen and done licked out all the pots. Nobody knows the trouble I seen. Steal away to Jesus. I ain't got long to stay here.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: Each of us made it possible for the other. We got something done. Each believed in the other unsurpassingly.

Each of us made it possible for the other. We got something done. Each believed in the other unsurpassingly.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: In the absence of organized religion, faith abounds, in the form of song and art and food and strong arms.

In the absence of organized religion, faith abounds, in the form of song and art and food and strong arms.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: Soon the two children will walk down Edgehill Road from the bus stop like burros under their knapsacks,

Soon the two children will walk down Edgehill Road from the bus stop like burros under their knapsacks,

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: The basket of remembrance has three sides; one is open, can it tilt and spill out?

The basket of remembrance has three sides; one is open, can it tilt and spill out?

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: Poetry is what you findin the dirt in the corner,overhear on the bus, Godin the details, the only wayto get from here to there.

Poetry is what you find
in the dirt in the corner,
overhear on the bus, God
in the details, the only way
to get from here to there.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: The days are long but the years are short," some say, about the early years of child rearing

The days are long but the years are short," some say, about the early years of child rearing

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: Now I know my capacity for aweis infinite: this thirst is permanent,the well bottomless, my good fortune vast.

Now I know my capacity for awe
is infinite: this thirst is permanent,
the well bottomless, my good fortune vast.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: every shut eye ain't asleep, every goodbye ain't gone.

every shut eye ain't asleep, every goodbye ain't gone.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: Half of the things are as they seem. The other half, who knows. This has always been true.

Half of the things are as they seem. The other half, who knows. This has always been true.

Elizabeth Alexander quotes: It happened; it is part of who we are; it is our beauty and our terror. We must be gleaners from what life has set before us.

It happened; it is part of who we are; it is our beauty and our terror. We must be gleaners from what life has set before us.