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“...and since the beginning of human history the soldier and the poet had shared great (or terrible) imaginations that remade their surroundings.”

Imagination History Poet Soldier Dante Club Matthew Pearl

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber

“People admired her poetry, but she knew there were plenty of readers who questioned it. How could she write brokenhearted verse if she never loved? Why did she compose so much about death if she knew little of life?”

Love Death Poetry Poet Broken Hearted Dante Club Matthew Pearl Christina Rossetti Dante Chamber

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber

“The boundary between being an exile and being mad seemed to be a fine one... losing one’s rightful place in the world could mean losing one’s mind.”

Mad Boundaries Insane Exile Dante Club Matthew Pearl

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber

“In younger years, he’d wonder whether he was more doctor or writer. Since the dark period back home, he questioned if he was really either—witnessing death all around him had robbed him of both.”

Death Poet Doctor Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber Oliver Wendell Holmes

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber

“Nobody knew what they were supposed to believe or what neighbors and relatives believed. Ghosts suddenly became as legitimate an option as anyone’s god.”

God Belief Ghosts Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber

“He always came back to the belief that creeds, religious and otherwise, were for those who did not have sufficient internal more guidance.”

Religion Conscience Guidance Creed Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber

“No poet is ever really young... Their delicate ears always hear the far-off whisper of death, which coarser souls must travel towards for years before their duller senses touch....”

Young Death Poet Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber Oliver Wendell Holmes Adolphus Williamson

Author:Matthew Pearl

“...the city usually only dulled and interrupted him. He required quiet, and to keep himself to himself, more than any writer he’d known. He was a shy beast who loved his burrow.”

Inspiration Writer Privacy Tennyson Matthew Pearl

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber