"A poem is good if it contains a new analogy and startles the reader out of the habit of treating words as counters."

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Source : "Speculations: Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art". Book by T. E. Hulme, 1924.

T. E. Hulme

#Poetry Quotes #Analogies Quotes #Habit Quotes

“For me, the money isn't a big issue. I'm at the end of my career and I'm just happy to play.”
“Rhetoric is nothing but reason well dressed and argument put in order.”
“I couldn't relate to kid stuff. 'Jimmy doesn't like me!' Who cares? I was worried we didn't have gas money or food. Those were my concerns.”
“He'd been let down so often His brow was on the floor But then they found A small hole in the ground And let him down some more”
“Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.”
“I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing.”
“it will be miraculous, very miraculous.”

Source : Malika Oufkir, Michele Fitoussi (2001). “Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail”, Miramax Books
“All intimacies are based on differences.”

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