"Water inflated the belly Of Hart Crane, and of Shelley. Coleridge was a dope. Southwell died on a rope."

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Source : Roy Fuller (1942). “The Middle of a War”

Roy Fuller

#Dope Quotes #Water Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are to provide the necessary conditions where learning can most deeply and intimately begin.”
“Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer.”
“If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does.”

Source : John Wyndham (1957). “The Midwich cuckoos”
“Critics? How do they happen? I know how it happened to me. I would send a poem or story to a magazine and they would say this doesn't suit our needs precisely but on the other hand you sound interesting. Would you be interested in doing a review?”
“Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.”

Source : FaceBook post by Krishna Das from Apr 28, 2017
“All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.”
“Thou spring'st a leak already in thy crown, A flaw is in thy ill-bak'd vessel found; 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring sound, Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command, Unwrought, and easy to the potter's hand: Now take the mould; now bend thy mind to feel The first sharp motions of the forming wheel.”
“Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.”

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