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The language of poetry can, I believe, save us. It can ground us in spiritual and moral realities, offering the consolations of philosophy, teaching us how to speak about our lives, and how - indeed - to live them. — Jay Parini, Why Poetry Matters (via amrazure)

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January 17th, 2012 at 5:57PM
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. — Norman Cousins (via thesearepeopleyouknow)

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January 17th, 2012 at 5:53PM
When Dostoevsky met Dickens in 1862 — a meeting that is hard to imagine — Dickens explained that there were two people inside him, ‘one who feels as he ought to feel and one who feels the opposite.’ […] Out of these two people he constructed his universe of characters, good and evil. Dostoevsky’s comment is laconic and ambiguous. ‘Only two people?’ he asked. — Verlyn Klinkenborg, “The Whirling Sound of Planet Dickens” (via fwriction)

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