"A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away."

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Source : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1994). “Essential Turgenev”, p.545, Northwestern University Press

Ivan Turgenev

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“They actually think I would abandon the Commander. they have no concept of loyalty.”
“Sing a song, read a poem, paint a picture, hear the music... Rise up and touch the stars”
“I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom the gods have marked for their own. And unlike the others, I am no fool, to grasp at that which burns to the touch. What you have given..." she raised one hand, palm upward, the garnet seal dangling at her wrist, "... I hold in an open hand.”
“I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining.”
“Nothing has happened to me out of the closet that was anywhere near as dangerous as being closeted.”
“Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.”
“Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong.”

Source : Alice Childress, Kathy A. Perkins (2011). “Selected Plays”, p.125, Northwestern University Press
“My point is that meaning is always personal, changeable and subjective. There is no 'correct' interpretation of a photograph.”

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