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"Louise says that complete, abundant honesty makes for poor art. Poems should work towards a bigger "truth" (i.e. revelation/illumination/meaning), but the accuracy of individual details isn't important. (In fact, too much self-insertion can come across as egotistical.) And remember, folks—"the speaker" is NOT synonymous with "the author."" — Dec 30, 2021 09:00PM
"Louise says that complete, abundant honesty makes for poor art. Poems should work towards a bigger "truth" (i.e. revelation/illumination/meaning), but the accuracy of individual details isn't important. (In fact, too much self-insertion can come across as egotistical.) And remember, folks—"the speaker" is NOT synonymous with "the author."" — Dec 30, 2021 09:00PM
“Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency.”
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“Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.”
― Rights of Man
― Rights of Man
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
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“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with words. ”
― Selected Poems of Amy Lowell
You can cut, or you can drug, with words. ”
― Selected Poems of Amy Lowell
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