"You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it."

Poetry, Language, Expression, Awareness

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"I get a little poetic sometimes. The moonlight does that to me."

Julie Kagawa, American Author

Poetry, Emotion, Truth, Observation

"And here, in thought, to thee-In thought that can alone, Ascend thy empire and so be A partner of thy throne, By winged Fantasy, My embassy is given, Till secrecy shall knowledge be In the environs of Heaven."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Poetry, Imagination, Fantasy, Creativity, Thought

"None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry."

Edith Hamilton, American Writer

Poetry, Alchemy, Nothing, Pain

"Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Poetry, Dream, Literature, Creativity

"That men, who might have tower'd in the vanOf all the congregated world, to fanAnd winnow from the coming step of timeAll chaff of custom, wipe away all slimeLeft by men-slugs and human serpentry,Have been content to let occasion die,Whilst they did sleep in love's Elysium."

John Keats, English Poet

Poetry, Potential, Failure, Time, Neglect

"My heart ist melting, I love you, Drops of Gold."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Poetry, Love, Emotion, Heart

"True poetry is the fragrance of the heart in the house of peace."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Poetry, Heart, Peace, Calm

"The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Poetry, Development, Drama, State

"You should be more carefulwhen you move, my dearwhat with you...spilling moonlightinto my poem, with a mereflick of your hand."

Sanober Khan, Indian Businessman

Poetry, Love, Beauty, Emotion

"Poetry. i am not writing it.(make way for me please)it is my skin. dripping with light."

Sanober Khan, Indian Businessman

Poetry, Light, Skin, Expression

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"And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God."

Faith

"My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel."

Family

"I didn't yet know that romantic heroes-famous and not-are usually aimless nomads in disguise."

Romance

"Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive."

Grief

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

Education

"I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians.So I'm never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else."

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"I get a little poetic sometimes. The moonlight does that to me."

"And here, in thought, to thee-In thought that can alone, Ascend thy empire and so be A partner of thy throne, By winged Fantasy, My embassy is given, Till secrecy shall knowledge be In the environs of Heaven."

"None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry."

"Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs."

"That men, who might have tower'd in the vanOf all the congregated world, to fanAnd winnow from the coming step of timeAll chaff of custom, wipe away all slimeLeft by men-slugs and human serpentry,Have been content to let occasion die,Whilst they did sleep in love's Elysium."

"My heart ist melting, I love you, Drops of Gold."

"True poetry is the fragrance of the heart in the house of peace."

"The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both."

"You should be more carefulwhen you move, my dearwhat with you...spilling moonlightinto my poem, with a mereflick of your hand."

"Poetry. i am not writing it.(make way for me please)it is my skin. dripping with light."

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"And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God."

"Because I want to be remembered."

"I can't remember how to cry."

"Writing is a lonely business."

"Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write."

"My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel."

"I didn't yet know that romantic heroes-famous and not-are usually aimless nomads in disguise."

"Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive."

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

"I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians.So I'm never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else."