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> [Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/everything-is-song-everything-is-silence-since-it-all-turns-out-to-be/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

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## More by James Broughton

> [Only your vision can limit you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/only-your-vision-can-limit-you/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/i-like-things-which-appear-fragile-but-are-tough-inside/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [“Men fear joy too much, fear their instincts. Fear a surrender to their feelings. Fear loving themselves in others and loving others in themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/men-fear-joy-too-much-fear-their-instincts-fear-a-surrender-to-their/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [True delicacy is not a fragile thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/true-delicacy-is-not-a-fragile-thing/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [“If all that a stone is expected to be is the stone that it is, why isn't a man expected to be the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/if-all-that-a-stone-is-expected-to-be-is-the-stone-that-it-is-why-isn/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/ultimately-i-have-learned-more-about-poetry-from-music-and-magic-than/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/poetry-for-me-is-as-much-a-spiritual-practice-as-sexual-ecstasy-is/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [“I felt in holy vibration to things around me”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/i-felt-in-holy-vibration-to-things-around-me/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/most-poets-like-most-people-try-hard-to-be-like-someone-they-admire/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/the-quietest-poetry-can-be-an-explosion-of-joy/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/i-often-start-writing-in-order-to-excite-an-expansive-emotion/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [Life's major challenge: getting reborn often enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/life-s-major-challenge-getting-reborn-often-enough/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [“Shame is no longer relevant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/shame-is-no-longer-relevant/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/and-to-shakespeare-i-owe-my-vision-of-the-world-as-a-theater-wherein/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

> [Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/today-the-u-s-is-farther-from-being-nourished-by-poetry-than-it-was-a/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

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