"Campion is a poet who knows that what a poet sees is nothing without a mixture of formal prowess and emotional insight."

-- David Biespiel

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“Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.”
“... although many people say it is a terrible onus to be labeled bad as a child, I thought that the opposite must be worse: If you knew early that you had wickedness in you, you could learn to accept it, if not to wrestle against it. But if you believed that you were essentially good, then when you finally found the ocean of evil in yourself, surely it would come as a terrible shock.”

Source : Paula Sharp (2001). “I Loved You All: A Novel”, Hyperion
“Liberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as the faculty of choosing, among the various modes of fulfilling duty, those most in harmony with our own tendencies.”
“If The Savior Stood Beside Me, Would I Wear the Things I Wear?”
“You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.”

Source : "Koryta details murder, a panther and a dangerous woman". Interview with Christian DuChateau, www.cnn.com. June 5, 2011.
“It's a floor cleaner and a dessert topping.”
“There is no substitution for hustle, and if you don't hustle there will be substitution”
“Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.”

Source : Deborah Meier (2002). “The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem”, p.38, Beacon Press

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