Quote by Carl Sandburg
Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why t

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. – Carl Sandburg

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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard. – Carl Sandburg

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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on. – Carl Sandburg

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I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasnt that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. Id already been translating French poetry, Id been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went. – Paul Auster

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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. – John Updike

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Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science. – Georges Seurat

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The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness. – James Gates Percival

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The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight — And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end. – Emma Carleton

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In some movies you feel like youre a very small part of a huge machine. Whereas in the theater you can have a very small part, but you can still feel the weight and the gravity of it. Given the nature of theater, its a more concentrated and quiet experience. – Minnie Driver

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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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