"It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page."

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Source : Howard Nemerov (1978). “Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays”

Howard Nemerov

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“God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.”
“I'm happy because I won't have to train again, or travel or sit in team hotels.”
“In this world everything that is won to the ideal, is an eternal (or imperishable, - "impÃ©rissable", Fr.) good.”
“Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing friends and family. Materialism, ambition and mundane achievements are the worldly hallmarks of success. We experience the phenomenal world and our minds as solid and truly existent. Very few people doubt these assertions and question their solidity. Yet, the process of disbelief is the first step on the spiritual path.”
“What I do is about living. It's about living the best life you can and enjoying the fullness of the life around you- from what you wear, to the way you live, to the way you love.”
“The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings.”
“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.”
“I've seen lawyers who don't represent me and spokespeople who do not know me speaking for me. These characters always seem to surface with dreadful allegations just as another project, an album, a video is being released.”

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