10 Quotes by John Ashbery about inspirational

  • Author John Ashbery
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    Life is not at all what you might think it to be A simple tale where each thing has its history It's much more than its scuffle and anything goes Both evil and good, subject to the same laws.

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    Life is beautiful. He who reads that As in the window of some distant, speeding train Knows what he wants, and what will befall.

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    The sun fades like the spreading Of a peacock's tail, as though twilight Might be read as a warning to those desperate For easy solutions.

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  • Author John Ashbery
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    Then let yourself love all that you take delight in Accept yourself whole, accept the heritage That shaped you and is passed on from age to age Down to your entity. Remain mysterious; Rather than be pure, accept yourself as numerous.

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