Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully. – William C. Bryant

We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I always know exactly where my stories take place, which gives me something certain so I can use my imagination for the other stuff. I worry though, who wants to keep reading stories about Kalamazoo? – Bonnie Jo Campbell