"Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy."

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Mary Ruefle

#Writing Quotes #Sentimental Quotes #Poetry Is Quotes

“Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.”
“Beyond the mythology, Wonder Woman gets to play with several dichotomies. It's Amazon culture versus man's world; ancient mythological times versus the contemporary world; and, of course, all the male and female issues.”
“In order to be deep, we sometimes have to cut through and cut apart. That is to be seen in the common phrase, 'Cut it out!' The reason is that this thing is seen as superfluous and therefore it should be excised, as a growth, unnecessary, should be excised.”
“One of the important principles I live by is the idea that you have to contemplate yourself as surrounded by the conditions you intend to produce.”
“Some studies show that women can be better money managers than men because they tend to be more conservative and do their homework. Men tend to take more risks without the research.”
“Cricket to us was more than play, it was a worship in the summer sun.”

Source : Edmund Blunden (1957). “Poems of many years”
“Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.”
“Presents, I often say, endear absents.”

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