#possessed

I was possessed by London. ↗

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings. ↗

— Ella R. Bloor

#around #beauty #beings #everything #gift

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command. ↗

— William Falconer

#being #certainly #charge #chief #command

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#limited #must #order #possessed

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. ↗

— Ted Kotcheff

#direct #i #never #possessed #possession

Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach. ↗

— James Wolfe

#certain #confidence #dangerous #foe #full

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came? ↗

— Billy Sunday

#came #given #never #possessed #world

Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed. ↗

— Mary Gordon

#great #vocation #waiting

When you feel terribly angry, you're possessed by anger ghost. ↗

— Toba Beta

#ghost #possessed #anger

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be. ↗