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William Matthews

Unless a man has trained himself for his chance the chance will only make him ridiculous.

William Matthews

One well-cultivated talent deepened and enlarged is worth one hundred shallow faculties.

William Matthews

The difficulties hardships and trials of life the obstacles … are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly and teach self-reliance.

William Matthews

I was miserable, of course, for I was seventeen, and so I swung into action and wrote a poem, and it was miserable, for that’s how I thought poetry worked: you digested experience and shat literature. [from “Mingus at the Showplace”]

misery, poetry, teenagers