Books Quote by Lady Shelley

“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil.”

— John Steinbeck

“Let us discuss why poetry has lost the power of making men brave.”

— E.M. Forster

“Poetry, at the best, does us a kind of violence that prose fiction rarely attempts or accomplishes.”

— Harold Bloom

“The history of man is a must read poetry.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“For whatever the era, nationality, gender and genre; whether realistic, traditional, fabulist, historical, fantasist, minimalist, crossover, the writer worthy of the literary arts and…

— Gregorio C. Brillantes

“The poet was a fool who wanted no conflict among us, gods or people. Harmony needs low and high, as progeny needs man and…

— Heraclitus

“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

“Whether you're an extra or the hero, this story is about to end. When it's done, whatever you want to be will be up…

— John Scalzi

“Predators prey on the weak; poets prey on brilliant ideas.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor…

— Wilfred Owen

“... a man's most useful friend and fearsome foe is the poet.”

— John Barth

“Every man is a poet at heart.”

— Sigmund Freud