“What I teach you is nothing. What you learn by doing over and over is where the learning begins.” (Simon Michael)

“Writing poetry is much easier than reading it.” (Guy Davenport)

“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” (Hemingway)

“It is only the dead who have seen the end of war.” (Plato)

“…And continuing to occupy our chambers in the Faubourg Saint Germain, we gave the Future to the winds, and slumbered tranquilly in the Present, weaving the dull world around us into dreams.” (Poe, The Mystery of Marie Roget)

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