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'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell.

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But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.

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When love is not madness, it is not love.

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His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!

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Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.

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He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

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He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part.

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All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying.

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As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made.

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Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.

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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.

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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

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I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.

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Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

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I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry that doesn't speak to them.

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Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great gifts of email.

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I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.

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Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.

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Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

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