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Prose is walking; poetry is flying


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It is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing.

It is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing.



Go so deep into yourself, you speak for everyone.

Go so deep into yourself, you speak for everyone.



I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.

I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.



Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.

Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.



To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment

To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment



The first step in the journey is to lose your way.

The first step in the journey is to lose your way.



Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.

Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.



I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.

I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.



Sometimes it is necessary To reteach a thing its loveliness

Sometimes it is necessary To reteach a thing its loveliness



Let our scars fall in love.

Let our scars fall in love.





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Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.

Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.



Experience is bitter, but its teachings we retain; It has taught me this--who once has loved, loves never on earth again!

Experience is bitter, but its teachings we retain; It has taught me this--who once has loved, loves never on earth again!



Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.



It's the hardest thing in the world to accept a 'little' success and leave it that way.

It's the hardest thing in the world to accept a 'little' success and leave it that way.



Modern society is perverse, not in spite of its puritanism or as if from a backlash provoked by its hypocrisy; it is in actual fact, and directly, perverse.

Modern society is perverse, not in spite of its puritanism or as if from a backlash provoked by its hypocrisy; it is in actual fact, and directly, perverse.



The rediscovered path, where were left the traces of childhood's lost steps.

The rediscovered path, where were left the traces of childhood's lost steps.



Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, and you will not have to worry about your feet.

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, and you will not have to worry about your feet.



My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown.

My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown.




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This page presents the quote "Prose is walking; poetry is flying". Author of this quote is Galway Kinnell. This quote is about prose, poetry is, walking, flying,.