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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through

Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. – Vladimir Nabokov

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Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know. – Vladimir Nabokov

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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. – Vladimir Nabokov

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[I]t is not health, it is convalescence that is poetical. Just as certain plants only yield all their fragrance to the fingers that crush them, so it is only in a state of suffering that certain affections utter all their poetry. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. – George Farquhar

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Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. – Mark Strand

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Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity – the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga. – J. Courtney Sullivan

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