Poetry Quote by Roberto Calasso

“Why did Baudelaire — why does anyone — write poetry, in the teeth of all the evidence that one wants you to do so?…

— Walter Martin

“Just knowing that they could read made the Baudelaire orphans feel as if their wretched lives could be a little brighter.”

— Lemony Snicket

“An enthusiasm for Poe is the mark of a decidedly primitive stage of reflection. Baudelaire thought him a profound philosopher... Poe was much the…

— Henry James

Baudelaire's L'Héautontimorouménos was long seen to be a sexual sadomasochistic poem, it is now generally accepted that the poem is about writing poetry.

— Stephen Dobyns

“… and the Baudelaire orphans climbed aboard, turning the tables of their lives and breaking their unfortunate cycle for the very first time.”

— Lemony Snicket

“It was confusing pretending to be completely different people, particularly because it had been so long since the Baudelaires were able to be the…

— Lemony Snicket

“You’re noble enough, Baudelaires. That’s all we can ask for in this world.”

— Lemony Snicket

“Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into…

— Thomas Carlyle

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

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“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

“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

“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