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Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing earl

Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays. – Patrick White

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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage. – Patrick White

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As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. – Peter Davison

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Then, in what beauteous dress will Poetry oft clothe or decorate what in Prose is but too frequently flat and commonplace. – Frederick Hinde, Poetry, a lecture delivered in London on the evening of April 8

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

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