“The good historian, then, must be thus described: he must be fearless, uncorrupted, free, the friend of truth and of liberty; one… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth's four volume Haiku became especially popular at this time [1950's] because his translations were based on the… — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
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Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“[an encounter in space] "Some celestial event. No--no words--no words to describe it. Poetry! They should have sent a poet. So beautiful.… — Carl Sagan as Ellie Arroway Copy Share Image
“Anyway, my point is that guys like Flec have a weakness, almost a kind of addiction, for the mystical, as opposed to… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
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I dropped my hoe and ran into the house and started to write this poem, 'End of Summer.’ It began as a… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
I love communicating with people, and sometimes language is not enough. I think that's what poetry is, where you can mess with… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
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“MAY 17 LET GOD TAKE CONTROL Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.… — Alan Robertson Copy Share Image
The Baathist state did two things extremely well. One was create information-gathering intelligence networks and a filing system. There's actually a lot… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
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I started out writing poems before I figured to put melodies to them and play the guitar. Somewhere, there's a book out… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
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![“Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth's four volume Haiku became especially popular at this time [1950's] because his translations were based on the assumption that the haiku was the poetic expression of Zen. Not surprisingly, his books attracted the attention of the Beat school, most notably writers such…” quote by Reginald Horace Blyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/reginald-horace-blyth-18264_assumption_regarding-r-h-blyth-blyth-s-four-volume_2896816.jpg)
![“[an encounter in space] "Some celestial event. No--no words--no words to describe it. Poetry! They should have sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful...I had no idea. I had no idea.” quote by Carl Sagan as Ellie Arroway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/carl-sagan-as-ellie-arroway-95_encounter_an-encounter-in-space-some-celestial-eve_2347837.jpg)
