"The anthology meets with two different kinds of reactions in living poets. They will either write toward the anthology or away from it. Anti-anthology poets often overreach themselves, inflicting protective distortions on their work - as parents in old Central Europe often deliberately maimed their sons to save them from compulsory military service."

-- Laura Riding

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“Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.”
“At what point do the people tell the politicians to go to hell? At what point do they get off the couch, march down to their state legislatorâ€™s house, pull him outside, and beat him to a bloody pulp for being an idiot?”

Source : "At What Point Do People Revolt?" by Erick Erickson, www.redstate.com. March 31, 2009.
“I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.”

Source : Leigh Bardugo (2013). “Siege and Storm”, p.81, Macmillan
“If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value.”
“As awesome as it is to be with a big act and get three catered meals a day and get a dressing room with an actual shower in it, it's hard sometimes as a new artist to come across in 25 minutes. You get 25 minutes to hopefully impress these people. I think the longer set is more suitable for us and gives us an opportunity to connect better.”
“My grandmother said it very simply: "If you don't like dogs, you don't like humans, and vice versa." I really believe that.”
“Too easy to lose the way. Too hard to keep from unraveling when thereâ€™s nothing to remind you of who you are and where you should be. Another eternity passes in the flick of an eyelash.”

Source : Diana Rowland (2009). “Mark of the Demon”, p.362, Bantam
“Sometimes playing TV can be really nerve-wracking, and I think I tend to handle that by trying to look at my band-mates as frequently as possible and ignore everything else.”

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