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James Merrill

"Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication."

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Donna Grant

"When we miss understanding, we meet misunderstanding. Misunderstanding always pushes understanding far away!"

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Donna Grant

"The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words."

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Donna Grant

"Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.-Caroline to Ursual."

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Donna Grant

"One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin."

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Donna Grant

"Words don't get accident, hands and tongues drive them wrongly!"

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Donna Grant

"If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?"

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Donna Grant

"When it occurs without having to voice it - vibin' on the same page, flowin' on the same wave, soakin' up the same light rays."

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Donna Grant

"Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a thousand gibberish."

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Donna Grant

"Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story."

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Donna Grant

"Don't bother to ring a bell in the ear that doesn't listen. Move to another ear, and if he doesn't listen to your bell, sit back and listen to his nemesis."

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James Merrill
"Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication."

Communication

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James Merrill
"And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five."

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James Merrill
"At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw."

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James Merrill
"But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn't always have to speak in my own voice."

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James Merrill
"I'd like to think the scientists need us - but do they? Did Newton need Blake?"

Creativity

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James Merrill
"Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images."

Hope

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James Merrill
"In life, there are no perfect affections."

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James Merrill
"Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem."

Language

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James Merrill
"Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays."

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James Merrill
"The simplest science book is over my head."

Science

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