Literacy Quote by Peter Davis

““I hope that as a totally literate human being that you don't even know what "illiteracy" is because it simply doesn't exist in your world.””

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“I feel pretty good about it so far, but it's been a little harder to write than I'd hoped.”

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“I wait for this rare and fleeting event because I can't think of anything else worth waiting for.”

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“I do feel like I have important, beautiful things to say about the world, I just can't think of them at this particular instant.”

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“One can't ever be sure what is more valuable: what has gone away, or what remains.”

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“Holding me, as it were, within the infinite hope of your plausibility.”

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“My thoughts are really all I think about.”

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“Allow this poem to carry you beyond yourself, transcending your mortal flesh as you wed yourself with the potentially infinite.”

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“I would like to make you more aware of yourself as a human, and thus, ultimately a better person.”

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“Poetry has isolated me from the world more than it has connected me to it.”

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“This might make for an awkward situation. I have a talent for awkward situations.”

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“It's beautiful to transcend generations and to just be inside an artistic work, together, enjoying what only a great artistic work can provide.”

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