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Margarita Engle quotes: I feel certain that words can be as human as people, alive with the breath of compassion.

I feel certain that words
can be as human
as people,
alive
with the breath
of compassion.

Margarita Engle quotes: Hatred must be a hard thing to learn.

Hatred must be a hard thing to learn.

Margarita Engle quotes: Slavery all day,and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!

Slavery all day,
and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!

Margarita Engle quotes: Marriage without love is just one more twisted form of slavery.

Marriage without love is just one more twisted form of slavery.

Margarita Engle quotes: I have spent all my years accepting sad truths. - Quebrado

I have spent all my years
accepting sad truths.
- Quebrado

Margarita Engle quotes: No matter how invisibleI feel, I will always be wrappedin the memoryof life as a captive. - Quebrado

No matter how invisible
I feel, I will always be wrapped
in the memory
of life as a captive.
- Quebrado

Margarita Engle quotes: If only the peace I feel right nowcould be stored up and released laterwhen cruelty surrounds mein the darkduring nightmares.

If only the peace I feel right now
could be stored up and released later
when cruelty surrounds me
in the dark
during nightmares.

Margarita Engle quotes: Books are door-shaped portals carrying me across oceans and centuries, helping me feel less along.

Books are door-shaped portals carrying me across oceans and centuries, helping me feel less along.

Margarita Engle quotes: If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our mindsleft behindin battle.

If we knew how to find
the lost, we would know
how to rediscover
the parts of our minds
left behind
in battle.

Margarita Engle quotes: My mind soarsand whirlsin a danceof wild fearand graceful hope.

My mind soars
and whirls
in a dance
of wild fear
and graceful hope.

Margarita Engle quotes: I sing without knowing what my song means, and whether the listening world is amazed or wounded.

I sing without knowing what my song means, and whether the listening world is amazed or wounded.

Margarita Engle quotes: Some people are born with words flowing in their veins.

Some people are born with words flowing in their veins.

Margarita Engle quotes: The Little War?How can there bea little war?Are some deathssmaller than others,leaving motherswho weepa little less?

The Little War?
How can there be
a little war?
Are some deaths
smaller than others,
leaving mothers
who weep
a little less?

Margarita Engle quotes: I envy the trees that grow at crossroads. They are never forced to decide which way to go ...

I envy the trees that grow at crossroads. They are never forced to decide which way to go ...

Margarita Engle quotes: I still think of myselfas a broken place, a drifting islewith no home. - Quebrado

I still think of myself
as a broken place, a drifting isle
with no home.
- Quebrado

Margarita Engle quotes: My heart drums with gratitude.My thoughts singwith hope.

My heart drums with gratitude.
My thoughts sing
with hope.

Margarita Engle quotes: I feel like ... the boy lost somewherebetween the torment of memoryand a few fragile shardsof hope.

I feel like ...
the boy lost somewhere
between the torment of memory
and a few fragile shards
of hope.

Margarita Engle quotes: Anger is like a disease.You can catch it.You can give it.

Anger is like a disease.
You can catch it.
You can give it.

Margarita Engle quotes: I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar!

I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar!

Margarita Engle quotes: But love is a wildly unpredictable hurricane wind, not a swirling blue ocean with peaceful shores.

But love
is a wildly
unpredictable
hurricane wind,
not a swirling
blue ocean
with peaceful
shores.

Margarita Engle quotes: I would have run awayInto the forestTo live in a nestMade of dreamsAnd green leaves

I would have run away
Into the forest
To live in a nest
Made of dreams
And green leaves

Margarita Engle quotes: How can people stay sane in a world that makes no sense?

How can people stay sane in a world that makes no sense?

Margarita Engle quotes: Joy and truth both have a wayof peeking through any dark curtain.

Joy and truth both have a way
of peeking through any dark curtain.

Margarita Engle quotes: Can it be true that freedom only exists when it is a treasure, shared by all?

Can it be true that freedom only exists when it is a treasure, shared by all?

Margarita Engle quotes: The old life is gone, my days are new,but time is still a mysteryof wishes, and this sad, confusing fragrance. - Rosa

The old life is gone, my days are new,
but time is still a mystery
of wishes, and this sad, confusing fragrance.
- Rosa

Margarita Engle quotes: There is no place more lonelyThan a rich man's home.

There is no place more lonely
Than a rich man's home.

Margarita Engle quotes: That is how I think of peace and peace of mind - as timid birds that we have to search for, not bold ones that come looking for us.

That is how I think of peace
and peace of mind - as timid birds
that we have to search for,
not bold ones that come
looking for us.