6 Quotes & Sayings By Alice Notley

Alice Notley is the author of four books of poetry, three collections of short prose, and four books of criticism, edited by Josephine Donovan. Her work has appeared in journals such as The New Yorker, Harper's, The Paris Review, and Ploughshares, and she has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two children.

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Abolish these categories of pain(or is it love) Let it all be one pain Pain swallows itself, dies like a star. Alice Notley
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Feeling awful is physiological you say. God I hate you, I say. Yes you can find the neurons for feeling awful. Do you think you can find the neurons for the fact I hate you? Alice Notley
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I knew you were in charge of me but my mind broke on its own. Alice Notley
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And maybe you can’t know me now.   Maybe I’m just blood. Whatever that’s for. Alice Notley
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I didn't care much what happened to me, so chance didn't matter. Alice Notley