Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.
Elizabeth BishopThe art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Elizabeth BishopAll my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'.
Elizabeth BishopBut he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The gull inquired into his dream, which was, "I must not fall. The spangled sea below wants me to fall. It is hard as diamonds; it wants to destroy us all.
Elizabeth Bishop