Lonely Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“That is what all the poets do: they talk to themselves outloud and the world overhears them. But it's horribly lonely not to hear…

— George Bernard Shaw

“That is what all poets do: they talk to themselves out loud; and the world overhears them”

— George Bernard Shaw

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Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

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