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“From numberless books the fluttering reader, idle and inconstant, bears away the bloom that only clings to the outer leaf; but genius has its nectaries, delicate glands, and secrecies of sweetness, and upon these the thoughtful mind must settle in its labor, before the choice perfume of fancy and wisdom is drawn forth.”

Mind Book Choices Reading Bears Reader Genius Labor Settling Fancy Thoughtful Delicate Idle Leafs Sweetness Perfume Secrecy Fluttering Glands Thoughtful Mind

Book:Pleasures of Literature

Source: Pleasures of Literature

“On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle.”

May Form Reading Imagination Fiction Air Bears Reader Wings Gentle Fancy Castles

Book:The cry (1754)

Source: The cry (1754)

“Also bear in mind, when you're choosing your words and stringing them together, how they sound. This may seem absurd: readers read with their eyes. But in fact they hear what they are reading far more than you realize.”

Mind May Facts Seems Eye Together Reading Sound Realizing Bears Reader Absurd

Book:On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

Source: On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

“A trouble with poetry is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the sense you get in a poem that the poet takes for granted an interest on the reader's part in the poet's autobiographical life, in the poet's memories, problems, difficulties and even minor perceptions. I try to presume that no one is interested in me. And I think experience bears that out. No one's interested in the experiences of a stranger - let's put it that way. And then you have difficulty combined with presumptuousness, which is the most dire trouble with poetry.”

Thinking Way Trying Problem Interest Memories Trouble Poet Bears Reader Perception Difficulty Stranger Granted Poetry Is Minors

Author:Billy Collins