How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry. Allen Tate askgeneticisthappen Change image and share on social
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? Joseph Conrad fearheadheart Change image and share on social
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. Clarissa Pinkola Estes angrycircumstancefeel share on social
How does one measure the success of a museum? J. Paul Getty measuremuseumsuccess Change image and share on social
How does Ronnie O'Sullivan play snooker the way he does? You can't explain it. Bradley Wiggins explainplayronnie Change image and share on social
How does the cosmos create? That's not just any question, it's 'the' question. It's the God Problem. Howard Bloom cosmoscreategod Change image and share on social
How does the past ambush us? How can we be accurate about what happened, how can we be true to it? And can war be declared over? And can we ever evolve from the notion of war, of nations, of us versus them? Michael Winter accurateambushdeclare share on social
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth. Sophocles dreadfulknowledgetruth Change image and share on social
How dull it is to have people defining you. Octavia E. Butler definedullpeople Change image and share on social
How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear. Hesiod beardifficulteasily Change image and share on social
