FastSaying

I have always been attracted to apostrophe, perhaps because of its resemblance to prayer. A voice reaches out to something beyond itself that cannot answer it. I find that moving in part because it enacts what is true of all address and communication on some level - it cannot fully be heard, understood, or answered.


Mary Szybist

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MARY LAMBERT Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emoti...
MARY PICKFORD I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
MARY SHELLEY When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it ...
MARY KARR It's a marathon, not a sprint. I actually feel like I come to work stronger when I've had a ...
MARY BARRA I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success.
MARY BERRY Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share ...
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilder...
MARY OLIVER Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least ...
MARY OLIVER Body love is more than acceptance of self or the acceptance of the body. Body love is about self-wor...
MARY LAMBERT It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other...
MARY PICKFORD