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John Ciardi

"The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow."

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Donna Grant

"He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still."

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Donna Grant

"I get depressed with these fluffy dragons and noble elves. Elves were never noble. They were cruel bastards. And I dislike heroes. You can't trust the buggers. They always let you down. I don't believe in the natural nobility of kings, because a large percentage of them in our history have turned out to be power-crazed idiots. And I certainly don't believe in the wisdom of wizards. I've worked with their modern equivalents, and I know what I'm talking about."

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Donna Grant

"As long one is not able to let go of the insistence on a certain opinion [faith, sect], he has not earned the right for Moksha [Ultimate Liberation]. He is not worthy of Moksha if he is in the sect. He is only worthy of material happiness; he is worthy of a celestial life."

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Donna Grant

"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own."

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Donna Grant

"He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style."

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Donna Grant

"None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves."

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Donna Grant

"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed."

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Donna Grant

"Plus d'un qui n'a pu liberer ses propres chaines a su pourtant en liberer son ami."

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Donna Grant

"Public opinion is to an unconventional idea - what abortion is to sperm."

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"As uncomfortable as it might be, I refuse to let the comfort of being agreed with suffocate my opinions."

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John Ciardi
"You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone."

Adolescence

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John Ciardi
"The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it."

Classroom

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John Ciardi
"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

Men

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John Ciardi
"Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character."

Character

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John Ciardi
"Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old."

Love

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John Ciardi
"A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students."

College

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John Ciardi
"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."

Intelligence

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John Ciardi
"What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down."

Trust

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John Ciardi
"The day will happen whether or not you get up."

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John Ciardi
"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."

Art

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