Books Quote by Gregory John Download Open image ““The words of a good book may be profuse, but the words of a good poem are profound.”” — Gregory John ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Good book Good Poem Inspirational-poetry Poem Profound Poetry Profound Profuse Words Words Good
“Writing poetry is about learning to pare down the poem to the most essential words. Every word used has to be crucial to the… — Harley King Copy Share Image
“There are many unspeakable words, forgotten, or forbidden. Great thanks to the poets who make them all become reachable.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.” — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Poetry can be a form of restriction. Lock away tragedy inside pretty words. Quantify pieces of infinite love.” — Cody Edward Lee Miller Copy Share Image
“It takes more energy to find the words to describe poems than almost anything I can think of, except of course for trying to… — Robert Newman Copy Share Image
“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It has to… — Amanda Mackey Copy Share Image
“The best words in the best order...one always go the same shock of recognition and delight when someone's words swam up to meet a… — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
“Every word, every sentence, every poem and every chapter of a book I have written came from the bottom of my heart, it's very… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“It is not enough for poems to be beautiful; they must be affecting, and must lead the heart of the hearer as they will.” — Horace Copy Share Image
“In the land of poetry commentary, you will encounter those who take poetry too lightly, and those who take poetry too seriously. The former… — Jasper Sole Copy Share Image
“Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
