For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive.

Quote by Al Purdy

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I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.

I don't think I do have a soul.

I don't think I do have a soul.

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.

'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to...

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to...

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.