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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

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Quotes Words Quotes Being Quotes Literature Quotes Order Quotes Oppression Quotes Adversity Quotes

Published on: January 19, 2025 06:27 AM

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What writing does is to reveal.

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Published on: January 9, 2025 07:43 AM

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To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this subject, is never going to yield anything that is really going to matter to anyone else. It has to matter to you.

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Published on: January 7, 2025 04:51 PM

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For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.

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Quotes Years Quotes Thought Quotes Whisper Quotes

Published on: December 28, 2024 06:51 PM

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When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

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Published on: December 15, 2024 07:39 PM

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Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.

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Quotes Talk Quotes Children Quotes Trying Quotes Teachers Quotes Poetry Quotes Literature Quotes Curriculum Quotes

Published on: November 13, 2024 11:10 PM

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You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.

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Published on: November 4, 2024 02:51 AM

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What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!

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Published on: October 20, 2024 02:58 AM

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There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

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Published on: September 29, 2024 07:12 AM

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Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.

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Published on: September 26, 2024 02:24 AM

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