"Who, except the poets, reads poetry?"

-- Babette Deutsch

#Poetry Quotes #Poet Quotes

“The feeling of love is measured by the extent of missing the feverish state in which the absence of the other plunges us”
“There is a lot of pain still to be had in the equity markets, particularly aimed at the risky end of the spectrum. We think the fair value on the market is about a third lower in the U.S. . .”
“We don't get what we deserve. We get what we BELIEVE we deserve.”
“When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation.”
“The U.S. government alleges that for the past 45 years, the companies that manufacture and sell tobacco have waged an intentional and coordinated campaign of deceit”

Source : "Justice Department sues big tobacco firms". www.cnn.com. September 22, 1999.
“Weakness ever sympathizes with vice, because vice is a weakness which assumes the mask of strength. Madness holds reason in horror, and on all subjects it delights in the exaggerations of falsehood. The cause of all bewitchments, the poison of all philtres, the power of all sorcerers are there.”

Source : Eliphas Levi (1968). “Transcendental Magic”, p.353, Weiser Books
“The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. This is what really bothers you, that you can't win. Prison is lack of alternatives, and the telescopic predictability of the future is what drives you crazy.”
“Destinations are less important than the spirit you bring to them.”

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