“ The poet must always, in every instance, have the vibrant word... that by it's trenchancy can so wound my soul that it whimpers.... One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word; one must be able to give one's writing unexpected effects. It must have a hectic, anguished vehemence, so that it rushes past like a gust of air, and it must have a latent, roistering tenderness so that it creeps and steals one's mind; it must be able to ring out like a seashanty in a tremendous hour, in the time of the tempest, and it must be able to sigh like one who, in tearful mood, sobs in his inmost heart. ”
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“ I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone death and life and eternal peace. ”
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“ But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe… ”
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“ The poet must always, in every instance, have the vibrant word... that by it's trenchancy can so wound my soul that it whimpers.... One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word; one must be able to give one's writing unexpected effects. It must have a hectic, anguished vehemence, so that it rushes past like a gust of air, and it must have a latent, roistering tenderness so that it creeps and steals one's mind; it must be able to ring out like a seashanty in a tremendous hour, in the time of the tempest, and it must be able to sigh like one who, in tearful mood, sobs in his inmost heart. ”
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“ The poet must always, in every instance, have the vibrant word... that by it's trenchancy can so wound my soul that it whimpers.... One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word; one must be able to give one's writing unexpected effects. It must have a hectic, anguished vehemence, so that it rushes past like a gust of air, and it must have a latent, roistering tenderness so that it creeps and steals one's mind; it must be able to ring out like a seashanty in a tremendous hour, in the time of the tempest, and it must be able to sigh like one who, in tearful mood, sobs in his inmost heart. ”
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“ Det var en glad Dag før ham, han hadde ikke rikere Glæder end naar han kunde gjøre godt på denne Maate og hævde Lærdommens og Bokens Overlegenhet, det var hans Levebrød og hans Lidenskap. En Lidenskap skal Mennesket ha, somme trodser Ild og Vand for at faa bøie Verber. ”
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“ Det var en glad Dag før ham, han hadde ikke rikere Glæder end naar han kunde gjøre godt på denne Maate og hævde Lærdommens og Bokens Overlegenhet, det var hans Levebrød og hans Lidenskap. En Lidenskap skal Mennesket ha, somme trodser Ild og Vand for at faa bøie Verber. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word. There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too. ”
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“ The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word. There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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“ In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ”
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