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Kenneth Patchen Quotes: The best hope is that one of these days the ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away - leaving people with nothing more to stand on than what they have so bloody well stood for up to now.
         

The best hope is that one of these days the ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away - leaving people with nothing more to stand on than what they have so bloody well stood for up to now.


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The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.



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Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.



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Art is not to throw light but to be light.



Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest?

Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest?



Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief.

Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief.



Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.

Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.



God must have loved the People in Power, for he made them so very like their own image of him.

God must have loved the People in Power, for he made them so very like their own image of him.



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You will protect with the last drop of someone else's blood what was never yours.



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You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.



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I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.



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Love meant something to her, she dreamt of it, thought of it, wrote of it. It was the one thing in life that had eluded her completely.



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Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.



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If someone needs help, I can offer advice. I'm not always right and people don't always listen.




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