Poetry Quote by Josephine Angelini

“I think all those ancient prophecies are so full of poetic nonsense that half the time no one understands what they mean." ~ Helen”

— Josephine Angelini

“A promise fulfilled may be a classic moment, but prophecies mean anticlimax. How much more awesome was an unexpected salvation?”

— China Miéville

“It’s all very Greek, isn’t it?” I quipped. “Prophecies, tragedies, destinies. Just like in all those old mythology books we read over the years.”…

— Jennifer Estep

“If I have the gift of the prophecy, and can fathom all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains,…

— Anonymous

“Poetry is the whispering of a truth by the shouting of the best possible lies”

— Oscar Sparrow

“Poets only write the truth.”

— Shannon Lynette

“Perhaps the prophecy is true, after all,”

— Serra Elinsen

“Our fictions move us to do great things, things worth doing for no better reason than there's poetry in us. We dream before we…

— Bill Willingham

“For my part, I love to give myself up to the illusion of poetry. A hero of fiction that never existed is just as…

— Washington Irving

“When a poet speaks of truth to another poet, what hope has truth?”

— Steven Erikson

“Poetry can be a form of restriction. Lock away tragedy inside pretty words. Quantify pieces of infinite love.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“Good poetry makes the universe reveal a secret.”

— Hafiz