Dartwill Aquila Week – Day 6

Dartwill Aquila Week, 7 quotes a day for 7 days
Day 6 – Dedicated to Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 – 1906) a poet of powerful beauty and humbling love. He gave majesty to the simple wonders of people and life.

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Blood is thicker than water.
Gold is heavier than blood.
Love is stronger than gold.

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Shakespeare never read Shakespeare,
but he wrote pretty good plays anyway.

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A person who always sticks to the rules is usually glued to obedience.

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Pebbles need to be dressed in fancy paper
and colorful ribbons to be accepted.
Diamonds can go naked.

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Language is the food of the intellect.
I’ve eaten lots of junk food and mountains of leftovers.
More than once I’ve bitten into rotten things
and I’ve been poisoned a couple of times
on exclusive dishes.
Mostly I’ve eaten hearty meals in familiar surroundings
and on occasion I’ve had meals so delicious
that they stew in my memory.
The banquet I remember most
was a naked grape served on a pair of smiling lips.
The intellect can’t live on language alone.

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A bad conscience comes in two models:
the standard, “I should do it”,
and the expensive,
“I shouldn’t have done it.

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The media sells sensations and gossip as news
the way a prostitute sells her services as love.

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The West Bank is now the Judea-Samaria area.