"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."
-John Ciardi
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"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.“
-John Ciardi
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"Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."
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"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."
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"Poetry lies its way to the truth."
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"You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone."
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"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."
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