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Quote by Diane Ackerman
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language,

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. – Diane Ackerman

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There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses. – Diane Ackerman

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Senses
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. – Diane Ackerman

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Love
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I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman

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Life
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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rockn roll. – Adrian Mitchell

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The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. – George Oppen

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I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. Its not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. – Saul Williams

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I dont like political poetry, and I dont write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers. – Diane Wakoski

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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. – Patricia Neal

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The madness of depression is the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained. – William Styron

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A cat pours his body on the floor like water. – William Lyon Phelps

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Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. – Confucius

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