"We don’t read and write poetry because..." - Quote by Robin Williams
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
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“I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.”
More on Poetry
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
“O brave poets, keep back nothing; Nor mix falsehood with the whole! Look up Godward! speak the truth in Worthy song from earnest soul! Hold, in high poetic duty, Truest Truth the fairest Beauty.”
“The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,Doth glance from heaven to earth,From earth to heaven.”
More on Humanity
“The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.”
“Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.”
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.”