Walt Whitman on confusion
“In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.”
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Simplicity is the glory of expression.
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Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman The future is no more uncertain than the present.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Happiness, not in another place but this place, not for another hour, but this hour.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Day by day and night by night we were together – all else has long been forgotten by me.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman All the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman There will never be any more perfection than there is now.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
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Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
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Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
John DonneJohn Donne I guess this has been my confusion; where I went wrong. Thinking that love could possibly come as a thing without the burns.
Odd KenOdd Ken Sometimes it is the spider that feels trapped in the very web she weaves.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden My father confused me. From the ages of one to seven, I thought my name was Jesus Christ!
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