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Quote by John Ciardi
You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suff

You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. – John Ciardi

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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. – John Ciardi

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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. – John Ciardi

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Love
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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. – John Ciardi

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It is good for me that I was afflicted that I may learn Thy statutes. Psalms 119:71 – Bible

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In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day. – Albert Camus

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Suffering

I like a look of Agony, because I know its true — men do not sham Convulsion, nor simulate, a Throe — – Emily Dickinson

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Suffering is part of the divine idea. – Henry Ward Beecher

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If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual. – Frank Herbert

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The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true. – Alexander Payne

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