Quote by Don Marquis
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Gr

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

Other quotes by Don Marquis

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a mans hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. – Don Marquis

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Happiness
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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. – Don Marquis

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Age
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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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Poets touch forcibly and truly that invisible lyre which echoes in unison in all human souls. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), paraphrase

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Poetry

I like poems that are little games. – Peter Davison

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Poetry

It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. – Diane Wakoski

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Poetry

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Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. – Dalai Lama

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Peace

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread. – Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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Fear

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort. – Simon Travaglia

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smile

Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions. – D.H. Lawrence, Pornography and Obscenity

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Self