At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age.
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Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism.Marguerite Young
I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.
Marguerite Young
I think that the style is the writing, a beautiful sense of style. And if you don't have it, it doesn't matter what you write, it doesn't really make any difference. I'm not speaking of realistic novels now, but of the pseudo-poetic novel or short story.
Marguerite Young
I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certainly don't want anybody just to pick up my thoughts and hand them back to me.
Marguerite Young
All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe.
Marguerite Young
If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin.
Marguerite Young
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