"You have to listen to your own voice.……" — Fleur Adcock

You have to listen to your own voice. Not your heart, not… - Fleur Adcock

"You have to listen to your own voice. Not your heart, not your instincts, not any of that self-permissive psycho-babble stuff. No, none of that. If it was just about instincts and bright ideas it wouldn't need to be a voice. It's about words. You hear them, read them, then you write. But mostly read. Read the bloody poems."

— Fleur Adcock

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