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Quote by John Ciardi
What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. – John Ciardi

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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. – John Ciardi

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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. – John Ciardi

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