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A blessing because it brings about a movement, an energy which, when it peaks, creates a poem. Or a moment of happiness.

Adam Zagajewski

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But also read against yourselves, read for questioning and impotence, for despair and erudition…
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A blessing because it brings about a movement, an energy which, when it peaks, creates a poem. Or a moment of happiness.
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