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"Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded."
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"You need a poetic touch from the outer space? Then you need the moonlight!"
"I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty."
"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."
"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."
"A poem can't do its work if you only read snippets of it."
"The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly."
"From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be."
"A poet is not an inventor. A poet is a player that plays with words on the field of human imagination to excite a reader's mind with the colors of emotion."
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"Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded."
"The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter."
"Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources."
"Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity."
"A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it."
"Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding."
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