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Quote by Robert Bly

“The candle is not lit To give light, but to testify to the night.”

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Robert Bly, born on December 23, 1926, is a renowned American poet. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, which has had a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

“You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a fool as that. But if one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. But though I have no personal experience of the things they call love, I have what is better - the experience of Sappho, of Euripides, of Catallus, of Shakespeare, of Spenser, of Austen, of Bronte, of anyone else I have read.”

Ifs Love Firsts Dream Hands Would Be Asks Poor Business Fool Conversation Experience Personal Experiences Been In Love Austen Bronte Spenser First Hand Experience

Author:C. S. Lewis

“What are we? Young or new? We must be something.”

Young

Book:The poetry of Robert Frost

Source: The poetry of Robert Frost

“Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?”

Should Pleasure Sequence

Author:Gertrude Stein

“Maybe that was why she couldn't cry, she realized, staring dry-eyed at the ceiling. Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?”

Cry Comfort Staring Dry Ceilings

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

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