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> [We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/we-read-poetry-because-the-poets-like-ourselves-have-been-haunted-by/)

[Elizabeth Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-drew/)

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## More by Elizabeth Drew

> [“It is important to remember now, amid all this debris, how frightened we used to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/it-is-important-to-remember-now-amid-all-this-debris-how-frightened/)

[Elizabeth Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-drew/)

> [Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/too-often-travel-instead-of-broadening-the-mind-merely-lengthens-the/)

[Elizabeth Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-drew/)

> [The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/the-torment-of-human-frustration-whatever-its-immediate-cause-is-the/)

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> [The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/the-pain-of-loss-moreover-however-agonizing-however-haunting-in/)

[Elizabeth Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-drew/)

> [Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/too-often-travel-instead-of-broadening-the-mind-merely-lengthens-the-2/)

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> [Language is like soil. However rich, it is subject to erosion, and its fertility is constantly threatened by uses that exhaust itsvitality. It needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/language-is-like-soil-however-rich-it-is-subject-to-erosion-and-its/)

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> [ \[On newspapers:\] A first draft of history. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/on-newspapers-a-first-draft-of-history/)

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> [How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/how-frail-and-ephemeral-is-the-material-substance-of-letters-which/)

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> [The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/the-republicans-plan-is-that-if-they-can-t-buy-the-2012-election-they/)

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> [We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/we-read-poetry-because-the-poets-like-ourselves-have-been-haunted-by/)

[Elizabeth Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-drew/)

> [Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/propaganda-has-a-bad-name-but-its-root-meaning-is-simply-to/)

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> [The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/the-test-of-literature-is-i-suppose-whether-we-ourselves-live-more/)

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> [The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/the-inspired-scribbler-always-has-the-gift-for-gossip-in-our-common/)

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> [The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/the-world-is-not-run-by-thought-nor-by-imagination-but-by-opinion/)

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> [Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/democracy-like-any-non-coercive-relationship-rests-on-a-shared/)

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