Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.
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The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.
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I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.
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This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive That surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.
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It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
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