Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

John Hawkes Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Aug 17, 1925
  • Died: May 15, 1998

John Hawkes, born John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr., was a postmodern American novelist, known for the intensity of his work, which suspended some traditional constraints of narrative fiction.

Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another. experience

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me. fear

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 wisdom & wit from Robert Browning

22 wisdom & wit from Robert Browning

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With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 views from Isadora Duncan

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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 other views from Henry Ward Beecher

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