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> [“If he's a poet, why's he in jail?" demanded a suspicious voice. Madam Chairwoman shrugged velvet shoulders. "Perhaps he writes free verse," she suggested cunningly. A stir of approval answered her. Mice are all for people being free, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/if-he-s-a-poet-why-s-he-in-jail-demanded-a-suspicious-voice-madam/)

[Margery Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margery-sharp/)

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## More by Margery Sharp

> [But truth, that dangerous commodity, has a way of sticking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/but-truth-that-dangerous-commodity-has-a-way-of-sticking/)

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> [It is the gift of all poets to find the commonplace astonishing, and the astonishing quite natural.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/it-is-the-gift-of-all-poets-to-find-the-commonplace-astonishing-and/)

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> [There is nothing so intractable as a calendar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/there-is-nothing-so-intractable-as-a-calendar/)

[Margery Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margery-sharp/)

> [“If he's a poet, why's he in jail?" demanded a suspicious voice. Madam Chairwoman shrugged velvet shoulders. "Perhaps he writes free verse," she suggested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/if-he-s-a-poet-why-s-he-in-jail-demanded-a-suspicious-voice-madam/)

[Margery Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margery-sharp/)

> [There is nothing more tedious than a constant round of gaiety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/there-is-nothing-more-tedious-than-a-constant-round-of-gaiety/)

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> [Youth is always a little offended to find itself not preferred: it cannot help feeling that when it admits the old to its society,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/youth-is-always-a-little-offended-to-find-itself-not-preferred-it/)

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> [“If you had a smattering of education you would realize that perfection of form can give validity to any sentiment, however preposterous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-sharp/if-you-had-a-smattering-of-education-you-would-realize-that/)

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