One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.
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The author in his book must be like God in his universe, everywhere present and nowhere visible.Gustave Flaubert
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
Gustave Flaubert
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
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Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.
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By dint of railing at idiots, one runs the risk of becoming idiotic oneself
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