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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ev

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. – Emily Dickinson

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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all. – Emily Dickinson

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Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb — or Dome of Worm — or Porch of Gnome — or some Elfs Catacomb? – Emily Dickinson

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He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. – Boris Pasternak

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Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend its no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often its really just about the money, the perceived prestige. – George Murray

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The nerds are my favourite sort of boys – any guy with a passion – whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think its super sweet and its very attractive for a female. – Teresa Palmer

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I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. – Franz Kafka

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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. – Ruth Benedict

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Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary. – Charles Baudelaire

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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the 50s and 60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mothers Morris Minor. I drove it around my fathers farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years. – Rowan Atkinson

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