William Empson Quotes

So your flesh shall be part of mine<br/>And part of mine be yours.<br/>Brother and sister we shall be<br/>Whose unity endures.<br/>Always the sister doll will cry,<br/>Made in these careful ways,<br/>Cry on and on, Come back to me,<br/>Come back, in a few days.

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A humanist, as I understand the term, says, This world is good enough for me, if only I can be good enough for it.

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It seemed the best thing to be up and go.

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... The waste even in a fortunate life, the isolation of a life rich in intimacy, cannot but be felt deeply, and is the central feeling of tragedy. And anything of value must accept this because it must not prostitute itself; its strength is to be prepared to waste itself, if it does not get the opportunity.

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Seven types of ambiguity.

The heart of standing is that you cannot fly.

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Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills.

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