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“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
“Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.”
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“A line is a fuse
that's lit.
The line smolders,
the rhyme explodes—
and by a stanza
a city
is blown to bits.”
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that's lit.
The line smolders,
the rhyme explodes—
and by a stanza
a city
is blown to bits.”
―
“Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
― Sketches and Travels, Etc.
― Sketches and Travels, Etc.
“That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.”
― Gertrude
― Gertrude
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