"Poetry, from describing external events objectively, is becoming subjectified into a poetry of personal conscious expression."

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Source : Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.284, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Julian Jaynes

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“The line is "So we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past." We've interpreted it as the meaning of us [when we] went against the current, against the grain and did what felt natural to us...regardless of what we thought we were supposed to be doing. We threw all of that out the window. We existed how we wanted to.”

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“What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which is, I think, the future.”
“Reth looked exasperated. â€œWhen is something ever not wrong in your life?â€ I frowned. â€œThatâ€™s my line.”
“I'm going to my psychoanalyst one more year, then I'm going to Lourdes.”
“The more you give yourself to others, the more joy and peace will flow into your own life.”

Source : Thomas Kinkade (2003). “The Garden of Prayer”, p.85, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.”
“My face is my career.”
“If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a day and you will be disgusted with them into the bargain.Â By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day and you arenâ€™t disgusted with them until the book is finished, which will be in about six weeks.”

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