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"They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me."
"Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation."
"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."
"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."
"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."
"Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors."
"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."
"Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned."
Explore more quotes by Helen Dunmore
"Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight."
"I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there."
"I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me."
"The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it."
"It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed."
"The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves - although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was."
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