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Quote by Erica Jong
Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our lif

Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life – when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love. – Erica Jong

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Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. – Erica Jong

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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. – Erica Jong

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To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. – John Andrew Holmes

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For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men. – Giorgos Seferis

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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. – Alfred Edward Housman

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Poetry isnt a profession, its a way of life. Its an empty basket you put your life into it and make something out of that. – Mary Oliver

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