Arthur HolitscherI spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration.
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The poet, Emily Dickinson, said: “I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration.” Fire is passion. Smoke is confusion. Madness is the work of the devil or a condition that besets us in adulthood that can’t be cured by parents, doctors or anyone else.
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- I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration.