ESTHER JANSMA

I remember that my first manuscript was accepted by a publisher. Then I thought: ooooh, now I exist! It gave me something of myself.



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OSCAR WILDE

We Irish are too poetical to be poets.



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T.S. ELIOT

The 'greatness' of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards; though we must remember literary standards.



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ALAIN BOSQUET

I am quite humble
my world is not more beautiful
than a lost poem



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JEF LAMBRECHT

Writing is surviving. Writing poetry is sending messages to unknown destinations, beyond the borders of time and space, on the other side of the frontline.



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ERIK HEYMAN

I don't lose if I write poetry about losing.



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PAUL ELUARD

The poet is the one who inspires more than the one who is inspired.


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