We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.
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A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should
stand by itself, of itself, and for read more
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should
stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day read more
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.
Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.
Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.
Perish those who said our good things before we did.
Perish those who said our good things before we did.
