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Quote by John Keats
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. – John Keats

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases it will never pass into nothingness. – John Keats

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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. – John Keats

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I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. – John Keats

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When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. – Mario Batali

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

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I certainly cant speak for all cultures or all societies, but its clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. Its not part of the cultural mainstream. – Mark Strand

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More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry. – Saul Williams

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