"Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented ..."

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Source : Amy Lowell (1931). “Tendencies in Modern American Poetry”, p.79, Ardent Media

Amy Lowell

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“I was very young when we got married and I don't know why it worked out like it did or how I was smart enough to know that this was the right guy, but somehow I got lucky.”
“Set theory in sheep's clothing.”
“Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'”
“I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.”
“Many Christians are so spiritually frail, sickly, and lacking in spiritual vitality that they cannot stick to prayer for more than a few minutes at a time.”
“Rivalry doesn't help anybody.”
“I'm involved in everything from highly progressive lighting systems to airline interiors. In the field of transportation I can go from the micro to the macro: architecture, transportation, industrial product design, right across the board. It's Russian dollism, because they all interrelate: one goes into the other.”

Source : CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. September 27, 2007.
“Gregorius was never to forget this scene. They were his first Portuguese words in the real world and they worked. That words could cause somethinge in the world, make someone move or stop, laugh or cry: even as a child he had found it enigmatic and it had never stopped impressing him. How did words do that? Wasn't it like magic?But at this moment, the mystery seemed greater than usual, for these were words he hadn't even known yesterday morning.”

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