What did Shirley Geok-lin Lim mean by: My brothers were my peers, but they were not the preeminent male figures in my emotional life. - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia Copy
+ When people say “the body,” frequently they mean the literal body, the physical body. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Body, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ Poetry has roots, but they are sometimes cut off and still poetry is written. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Roots, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ I was nine when I first knew I wanted to be a writer, in particular, a poet. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Poet, 0 - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Professor · Malaysia
+ In the same way, the people whom I most abhor, I abhor them for elements that I abhor in myself. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Elements, 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important. - Quincy Jones Music producer
And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
My brother’s my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father. - Jeff Bridges Actor · USA
Children learn to speak Male or Female the way they learn to speak English or French. - Jeffrey Eugenides Author
Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother. - Jeffrey Jones
No, it’s not a ‘corpse thing.’ I feel I lack the emotional capacity to deal with those in mourning. - Jen Lancaster Author · USA
