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Quote by Thomas Hardy
Poetry is emotion put into measure. - Thomas Hardy

Poetry is emotion put into measure. – Thomas Hardy

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The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. – Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
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Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy

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If all hearts were open and all desires known — as they would be if people showed their souls — how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place! – Thomas Hardy

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I dont think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you cant teach them is the very essence of poetry. – Robert Morgan

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I think that its more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction. – Robert Morgan

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Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind. – J. Courtney Sullivan

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A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times. – Randall Jarrell

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