What did Shirley Geok-lin Lim mean by: Breath and brevity are sisters; the long-winded is an enemy who muffles your heartbeat. - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia Copy
+ Poetry has roots, and sometimes they are aerial. Sometimes they are buried. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Buried, Roots, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ The foot can march or it can dance, but it cannot stand still until end-stopped. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, End, Feet, March, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ Heterosexuality – whichever gender you are – says that the other gender is very important to you. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Gender, Important, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ One should be able to teach adequately and feel good about it. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Feel Good, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ Sometimes the taproot and the vines are far apart. Like English and the Asian poem. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Asian, Vines, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ Writing a poem is unwriting a knot, like untying a shoelace that is clubbing your foot. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Feet, Writing, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ Free verse is chained in sentence-to-sentence links and breaks free in line breaks. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Break, Links, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ The things that I dislike passionately, I have come to realize, are also part of me. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Dislike, Realizing, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
Every breath, every heartbeat, was one less until maybe things stopped hurting this much. - Jenny Downham Author · United Kingdom
