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To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.
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I realized that I'm a child." William looked point-blank at her chest. "No.
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It's like our relationship is always about the other side that isn't the obvious side.
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The language of art is celestial in origin and can only be understood by the chosen.
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Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.
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Iago is the dominant trance state of our planet. It influences our relationships, our sexuality, our parenting, and our attempts to relax. It permeates corporate business, international politics, and our economic system.
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We would rather be in the company of somebody we like than in the company of the most superior being of our acquaintance.
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If I'd known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can't remember a single project I would have started.
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I hope any poem I've ever written could stand on its own and not need to be a part of biography, critical theory or cultural studies. I don't want to give a poetry reading and have to provide the story behind the poem in order for it to make sense to an audience. I certainly don't want the poem to require a critical intermediary - a "spokescritic." I want my poems to be independently meaningful moments of power for a good reader. And that's the expectation I initially bring to other poets' writing.
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Classes? Categories? Was that what we had come to?
