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How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight. ↗

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There can be no forced inspiration. ↗

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The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen ... Perhaps it can't be done without the poet, but it certainly can't be done without the people. The poet and the people get on generally very badly, and yet they need each other. The poet knows it sooner than the people do. The people usually know it after the poet is dead; but that's all right. The point is to get your work done, and your work is to change the world. ↗

— James Baldwin

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I used to know Brian Howard well -- a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes. In later life he became very dangerous -- constantly attacking people with his fists in public places -- so I kept clear of him. He was consumptive but the immediate cause of his death was a broken heart. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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Love is almost never simple. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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The same word we love and hate, leaves in different directions, taking different paths. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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The poet is much more the one who inspires,than the one who is inspired. ↗

— Paul Éluard

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All things want to float. ↗