If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.

Don Marquis
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  3. Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

  4. I have had my ups and downsbut wotthehell wotthehellyesterday sceptres and crownsfried oysters and velvet gownsand today i herd with bumsbut wotthehell wotthehelli wake the world from sleepas i caper and sing and leapwhen i sing my wild free tunewotthehell wotthehellunder the blear eyed mooni...

  5. If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

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