"The poet is the one who breaks through our habits."

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Source : Saint-John Perse, Luigi Pirandello, Henrik Pontoppidan, Salvatore Quasimodo (1971). “St.-John Perse, Luigi Pirandello, Henrik Pontoppidan, Salvatore Quasimodo”

Saint-John Perse

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“If you were shopping for a father, you'd have to take out a serious loan to afford mine. He's the best.”
“If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it.”
“My biggest fear in life is to be average.”
“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.”
“I am Emperor, my descendants will be numerous. From the second generation to the ten thousandth, my line will not end.”
“One can only learn by teaching.”
“I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room”

Source : Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group
“I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.”

Source : "Fourth of July Oration" by Artemas Ward,

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