"It's not that he lacked poetry. But his……" — Meg Rosoff

It's not that he lacked poetry. But his poetry was of the… - Meg Rosoff

"It's not that he lacked poetry. But his poetry was of the body, not the mind. He spoke it in the way he moved, the way he held a hammer, rowed a boat, built a fire. I, on the other hand, was like a brain in a box, a beating heart in a coal scuttle."

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To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches. — Charles Baudelaire
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Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the… — Phillips Brooks
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. — Samuel Butler
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. — Muhammad Ali
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