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Thornton Wilder: I am convinced...

Thornton Wilder: I am convinced...

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to...

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John Keats: Praise or blame...

John Keats: Praise or blame...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic...

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Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then I contradict myself,
I am large, I contain...

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William Carlos Williams: By listening to...

William Carlos Williams: By listening to...

By listening to the language of his locality the poet learns his craft. It is his function to lift, by the use of his...

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William Carlos Williams: When they ask...

William Carlos Williams: When they ask...

When they ask me . . . how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem. I reply that...

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Fulke Greville: Most men have...

Fulke Greville: Most men have...

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Source: In...

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Edwin A Robinson: I shall have...

Edwin A Robinson: I shall have...

I shall have more to say when I am dead.

Source: John Brown.
-- Edwin A...

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Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Better by far that you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

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Allen Ginsberg: Nobody saves America...

Allen Ginsberg: Nobody saves America...

Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine, Jiggling yr knees blankeyed in the rain, When it snows in yr nose you catch...

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Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Edith Sitwell: I have often...

Edith Sitwell: I have often...

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty. . . . But I am too busy thinking about...

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Rupert Brooke: The women there...

Rupert Brooke: The women there...

The women there do all they ought;
The men observe the Rules of Thought.
They love the Good; they worship...

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Scott Alexander: Understand that most...

Scott Alexander: Understand that most...

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you...

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May Swenson: We play in...

May Swenson: We play in...

We play in the den of the Gods and snort at death.

Source: To Confirm A Thing, St....

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John Ashbery: I like poems...

John Ashbery: I like poems...

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

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John Ashbery: There is the...

John Ashbery: There is the...

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation...

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Elizabeth Bishop: All my life...

Elizabeth Bishop: All my life...

All my life I have lived and behaved very much like [the] sandpiper -- just running down the edges of different...

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Andrew Marvell: He nothing common...

Andrew Marvell: He nothing common...

He nothing common did or mean
Upon that memorable scene,
But with his keener eye
The axe's edge did...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: Tis better to...

Arthur Hugh Clough: Tis better to...

Tis better to have fought and lost,
Than never to have fought at all.


Source:...

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Novalis: My opinion, my...

Novalis: My opinion, my...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted...

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