Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn
Interpretation
Life can often feel monotonous, but we should acknowledge and appreciate its beauty and depth.
In this quote, John Berryman suggests that while life may sometimes feel dull and unexciting, it is essential to recognize the moments of passion and yearning that punctuate our existence. The imagery of the 'flashing' sky and the 'yearning' sea serves to remind us that despite life's mundane aspects, there are profound experiences and emotions that enrich our journey.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about finding joy in everyday moments.
There is no such thing as Freedom (though it is the most important condition of human life, after Humility, -which does not exist either). There is only Slavery (walls around one) and absence-of-Slavery (ability to walk in any direction, or to remain still).
We must travel in the direction of our fear.
Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.
One must be ruthless with one's own writing or someone else will be.
Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy (repeatedly) 'Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
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One thing that Life and I agreed right from the start was that one war photographer was enough for my family; I was to be a photographer of peace.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am younger each year at the first snow. When I see it, suddenly, in the air, all little and white and moving; _x000D_ then I am in love again and very young and I believe everything.
How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
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