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title: "1 Damp Quotes By Richard Hugo"
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> [Rub a half potato on your wart and wrap it in a damp cloth. Close your eyes and whirl three times and throw. Then bury rag and spud exactly where they fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/rub-a-half-potato-on-your-wart-and-wrap-it-in-a-damp-cloth-close-your/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

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## Other authors on Damp

## More by Richard Hugo

> [“there’s too many people in here. If I had my way, I’d have nothing but young chicks, the innocent ones you can teach something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/there-s-too-many-people-in-here-if-i-had-my-way-i-d-have-nothing-but/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [I will garden on the double run, my rhythm obvious in the ringing rakes, and trust in fate to keep me poor and kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/i-will-garden-on-the-double-run-my-rhythm-obvious-in-the-ringing/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [“I fear, trying to improve human nature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/i-fear-trying-to-improve-human-nature/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/a-poet-is-seldom-hard-up-for-advice-the-worst-part-of-it-all-is-that/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [...an imagined town is at least as real as an actual town. If it isn't, you may be in the wrong business. Our words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/an-imagined-town-is-at-least-as-real-as-an-actual-town-if-it-isn-t/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [“The imagination is a cynic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/the-imagination-is-a-cynic/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [“…I’ve seen the world tell us with wars and real estate developments and bad politics and odd court decisions that our lives don’t matter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/i-ve-seen-the-world-tell-us-with-wars-and-real-estate-developments/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/an-act-of-imagination-is-an-act-of-self-acceptance/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/a-creative-writing-class-may-be-one-of-the-last-places-you-can-go/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [Maximum sentence length: seventeen words. Minimum:one No semicolons. Semicolons indicate relationships that only idiots need defined by punctuation. Besides, they are ugly. Make sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/maximum-sentence-length-seventeen-words-minimum-one-no-semicolons/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/a-good-creative-writing-teacher-can-save-a-good-writer-a-lot-of-time/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [“We won’t all disappear on a remote country road in the Monroe Valley, but like The Admiral and his wife we are all going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/we-won-t-all-disappear-on-a-remote-country-road-in-the-monroe-valley/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [“You might come here Sunday on a whim. Say your life broke down. The last good kiss you had was years ago. You walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/you-might-come-here-sunday-on-a-whim-say-your-life-broke-down-the/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/assuming-you-can-write-clear-english-sentences-give-up-all-worry/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

> [Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hugo/don-t-write-love-poems-when-you-re-in-love-write-them-when-you-re-not/)

[Richard Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hugo/)

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