"To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential."

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Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.4, Library of Alexandria

John Drinkwater

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“The army of Grant and the army of Lee are together. They are one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in purpose, and in an invincible patriotism. And, therefore, the country is in no danger. In justice strong, in peace secure, and in devotion to the flag all one.”
“To overcome cultural resistance I think it's important to start with strong analysis, so you're sure that you're right about what needs changing or fighting. And then you have to articulate the best case you can and start working patiently to build support and to mobilize allies.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Rather than attend to a world considered as if it's out there, I have to start to attend to me. That led to some things that I never wanted it to lead to, person as a sort of psychological miasma. I started to get wrapped up in self, and then, for the first time, self did become an autobiographical self.”

Source : Interview with Shelley Jackson, believermag.com. January 1, 2007.
“We were locked onto each other as though we had just discovered this incredible thing you could do with two mouths pressing close and moist against each other. And the taste of him... Horrifyingly, unbearably sweet -- sweet in the way crack must feel hitting the bloodstream of an addict after years of staying clean.”
“I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990.”
“It sounds extraordinary, but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.”
“You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place.”

Source : Mary Roach (2004). “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”, p.12, W. W. Norton & Company
“The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like.”

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