Paul Goodman

Paul Goodman was an American writer, poet, public intellectual. He is mainly remembered as the author of Growing Up Absurd and as an activist on the pacifist Left.

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•    The chessboard was reflected in her eyes.
  Eager to beat her, first I looked on her eyes.
     I made a Spanish move, an ancient one,
  and broken was the red rank of pawns in her light eyes.
     Then I lowered my eyes from that chessboard
  and Love said, "Oh not her; conquer the king if you can."
  • "A Chess Game" St. 1, Collected Poems, Random House, 1973, ISBN 0394483588

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• Sexuality is lovely, there cannot be too much of it, it is self-limiting if satisfactory, and satisfaction diminishes tension and clears the mind for attention and learning.