"The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence."

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"The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence."

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"Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom."

Poetry

"In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature."

Imagination

"The imagination is man's power over nature."

Imagination

"The genuine artist is never "true to life." He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life."

Life

"Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore."

Life

"Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress."

Nature

"Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic."

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"The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence."

Existence

"Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them."

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"Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking."

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"In an unfathomable expanse of universe supporting galaxies of star systems with orbiting planets innumerable, I am nothing. And yet to the few bodies encircling my tiny little spot in the world, I am essential."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"But, you see, it's not what you do that matters really. It's only you.""Me what?""Just you here. Or you in the city. Or you somewhere in the world. I don't know. Just that."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Existence, Presence, Meaning, Identity

"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Existence, Present

"I am alive because you want me to."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

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"It is a subliminal thing. It is the tick of a clock that has ticked so long one no longer notices. Something is in a room when a man lives in it. Something is not in the room when a man is dead in it."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

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"Each individual is born into life as a creation from the source, and as an inhabitant and visitor to this planet."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't?"

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Existence, Life, Death, Decay

"If your existence does not make any difference, you are no more than a dead body."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Life before consciousness was like blank paper, so be it."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Existence, Life, Consciousness, Awareness