In the eyes of others a man is a poet if he has written one good poem. In his own he is only a poet at the moment when he is making his last revision to a new poem. The moment before, he was still only a potential poet; the moment after, he is a man who has ceased to write poetry, perhaps forever.
W.H. Auden
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen.
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When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.
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