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We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time. ↗

— Aulus Gellius

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I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me. ↗

— Roy Harper

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Poems are like dreams: in them you put what you don't know you know. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

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Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are. ↗

— Aberjhani

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Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud- Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? ↗

— William Knox

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Either you will be you or you will not be at all. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls. ↗

— Aberjhani

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