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I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art. — Michael Longley

I would insist that poetry is a normal human activity and its proper concern all the things that happen to people. — Michael Longley

I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in deeper ways. — Michael Longley

shoulder. "And this rapscallion is his twin brother, Owain," he added, — Barbara Longley

Hell-bent on extinguishing — Barbara Longley

I think that literature quite often emerges from areas where there has been a lack of articulation, like women's writing. — Edna Longley

Zoe's face tilted up toward his presented a temptation he could no more resist than he could prevent the sun from rising. — Barbara Longley

By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin ... by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin — John Wesley

Be quick without hurrying. — John Wooden

The only people you need in your life are the ones that prove they need you in theirs. — Paris Hilton

I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before. — Ann Richards

Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? — Pablo Neruda

we're-veterans-and-you're-not — Barbara Longley

The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I suppose that as you grow older some sense of an accumulating oeuvre is unavoidable. — Michael Longley

If you want the Divine to become alive within you, first of all you as a human being have to become absolutely alive. — Jaggi Vasudev

A good poem is not completely a poem until it has received a critical response that grows out of the poem in an almost biological way. — Michael Longley

Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight. — Susanna Kearsley

Every Monday morning I try to remember to say "Thank you, Lord. I'm not at the Senior Staff Meeting." — Michael Longley

Nothing creates more self-respect among employees than being included in the process of making decisions. — Judith M Bardwick

I was the first Arts Council official in the archipelago to do something for what you might call indigenous music. — Michael Longley

The gap between verse and poetry is enormous. Between good poetry and good prose the gap is much narrower — Michael Longley

Only you can tip the scale, — Barbara Longley

characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents — Barbara Longley

Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat. — Michael Longley

I need to have perspective. That's one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself. — Barry Zito

Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical. — Edna Longley

Our Supreme Court is not a court of law. It is a court of conjecture and political fad. — A.E. Samaan

The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better. — Elizabeth Bowen

I hardly ever look at my published books. — Michael Longley

Brief flings and the companionship of a professional are no match for the love and trust between a husband and wife. — Barbara Longley

Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits. — Patrick Ness

He plundered her mouth with his tongue, inciting a rush of desire. — Barbara Longley