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"You need a poetic touch from the outer space? Then you need the moonlight!"
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"I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty."
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"Good poetry does not exist merely for the sake of itself, but rather, is a byproduct of yearning and growth; great poetry canonizes that yearning for the growth of others."
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"The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play utters oracles, & knows not that they are such. 'Tis as easy as breath. 'Tis like this gravity, which holds the Universe together, & none knows what it is."
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"The crown of literature is poetry."
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"A poem can't do its work if you only read snippets of it."
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"The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly."
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"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."
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"From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be."
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"One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose."
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"So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years."
Law
"Every morning I wake up and thank God."
God
"But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment."
Punishment
"My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride."
Friendship
"I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches."
Father
"I think things happened the way they did for a reason."
Reason
"Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly."
Mother
"I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me."
People
"The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience."
Experience
"I really like listening to music in my car."
Car
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