Book Quote by Anonymous

“Poetry is not the books in the library. Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.

— Eugenio Montale

Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you…

— Abbas Kiarostami

A book of poems doesn't just come out by chance, an editor has to select it, a publisher has to distribute it or you…

— Adrienne Rich

There's poetry in the world. Poetry doesn't belong just to the poets. You know, you can look at the most premeditated, cold blooded movie…

— Francesco Clemente

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

— Joseph Joubert

Poetry is one of the most full ways of discovering what it feels like to be a human being in this particular moment, in…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that poetry did.

— Campbell McGrath

Poetry is essentially the discovery, the love, the passion for the name of everything.

— Gertrude Stein

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

— Eminem

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

— Joseph Joubert

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun