4 Quotes & Sayings By Merce Cardus

Merce Cardus was born in 1909 in the town of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As a child he lost both parents, and at age 14 became an orphan. He moved to the United States with his aunt and uncle. His aunt was a schoolteacher, which led him to enroll at Virginia State College (now Virginia State University) Read more

After graduating from VSC, he went on to study at the University of Virginia where he earned a master's degree in English. He would later go on to publish his first book, The Southern Literary Messenger. Cardus would go on to publish hundreds of articles and books throughout his career including: The Rival Medicines: A Collection of Poems and Essays; Deep River: A Novel; and The Best of Merce Cardus: Selected Verse.

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I do believe that some humans have more amazing lives than others—above all, those who don’t sit down in a chair like mere spectators letting their lives happen in front of them, but they take risks as heroes do, experiencing, living, becoming the main character–but no matter what, we all have at least one story to tell. Merce Cardus
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No matter where we come from, a little sugar is what everybody demands in life, what everybody needs in life. It's perhaps the main ingredient that keeps us alive. Merce Cardus
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[Showing the apartment to Tiziano ]MARLEEN WALKER: “Let me alert you that animals are banned in this building.” T I Z I A N O CONTI: “Am I breaking the law right now? Merce Cardus