"A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms."

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Source : "Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry". Book by Stephen Dobyns, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1996.

Stephen Dobyns

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“Weâ€™ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we canâ€™t smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.”
“Music is the universal language of mankind.”
“This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.”
“I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.”
“All souls were created in the beginning and are finding their way back to whence they came.”
“A Christian's wit is offensive light, A beam that aids, but never grieves the sight; Vig'rous in age as in the flush of youth, 'Tis always active on the side of truth.”
“The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.”

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