"He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life."
― George Sand
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Poetry
― George Sand
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More In Poetry
- "Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words."― Vladimir Nabokov
- "Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince."― H. L. Mencken
- "I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose."― Shelby Foote