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> [“Just look what happens to poets," I used to tell my honors class on the first day of school. "Half the time they go mad. And you know why I think that happens? Too much truth distilled to its essence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yarbrough/just-look-what-happens-to-poets-i-used-to-tell-my-honors-class-on-the/)

Steve Yarbrough

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## More by Steve Yarbrough

> [“Just look what happens to poets," I used to tell my honors class on the first day of school. "Half the time they go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yarbrough/just-look-what-happens-to-poets-i-used-to-tell-my-honors-class-on-the/)

Steve Yarbrough

> [“At the age of twenty, I failed to grasp the difference between guilt, which can almost always be atoned for, and grief, which can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yarbrough/at-the-age-of-twenty-i-failed-to-grasp-the-difference-between-guilt/)

Steve Yarbrough

> [“Every place is different, but every place is the same, because you carry yourself with you wherever you go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yarbrough/every-place-is-different-but-every-place-is-the-same-because-you/)

Steve Yarbrough

> [“It's a lot easier to say when something ended rather than when it began. Most of us can recognize the end from a mile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yarbrough/it-s-a-lot-easier-to-say-when-something-ended-rather-than-when-it/)

Steve Yarbrough

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