Natasha Trethewey Quotes

Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 26, 1966

Topics

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I think bare legs in winter are idiotic. Unless your naked pins are toned, tanned and veinless, it's best to cover up. There is nothing more elegant in winter than dark tights worn with matching knee-length boots and a belted trench coat.

Joan Collins

WinterBestThinkBootsDarkLegs

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Andre Malraux

ManThinksHeHides

I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.

Matthew Perry

GoodGirlStressDatingKeyPay

I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And also, the short stories of Updike, Cheever, Munro, Alice Adams, and Doris Lessing. And the plays of Oscar Wilde. And paintings by Alice Neel and Matisse.

Amy Bloom

ShortFineSureBeenWriterStories

I'm a born-again Christian, but that's not the coat that I wear. It's just how my heart's been changed.

Tony Vincent

HeartChristianCoatWearBeenJust

Kennedy saw the presidency as the vital center of government, and a president's primary goal as galvanizing commitments to constructive change. He aimed to move the country and the world toward a more peaceful future, not just through legislation but through inspiration.

Robert Dallek

ChangeFutureGovernmentWorldGoal

I do love archery in my day-to-day life because I find it very therapeutic, and I've trained every season with the bow and arrow.

Rose Leslie

LifeLoveFindArrowBecauseSeason

There are indeed 'values' in the Harry Potter series, but they're confused with anti-values. Potterworld is a scrambled moral universe. There are Christian symbols in the series, but the author misappropriates them, mutates them, and integrates them into a supposedly larger and broader system where evil symbols are dominant.

Michael O'Brien

EvilUniverseConfusedChristian

I'm a preacher's kid, I'm big-boned, I have giant feet, and I've always been able to run fast, and so I had this sense of, 'I can't fail. I'm invincible. I'm made of green juice and concrete; nothing's gonna happen to me.'

Lizz Wright

MeGreenFeetFastRunNothing

I came from a supportive home with a mommy and a daddy, and they had everything I wanted.

Desiigner

HomeEverythingDaddySupportiveHad

I always like my trailer or hotel room to have fresh flowers or pillows I find at a local flea market - anything to personalize the environment.

Chloe Sevigny

FlowersHotelEnvironmentFindFresh

The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.

Cory Doctorow

GoodAlwaysPeersExcitingStuff

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