Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward. -- Robert Frost (pictured)
Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings. -- W. H. Auden
Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ― Mark Twain
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. –Emily Dickinson
Style and structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. -- Vladimir Nabokov
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. ~Oscar Wilde
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