“The poetical character... is not itself — it has no self — it is every thing and nothing — It has no character — it enjoys light and shade; it lives in gusto, be it fair or foul, high or low, rich or poor, mean or elevated. — It has as much delight in conceiving an Iago as an Imogen. What shocks the…”— John Keats, en.wikiquote.org
“Do you remember the way the girls would call out "love you!" conveniently leaving out the "I" as if they didn't want to commit to their own declarations. I agree that the "I" is a pretty heavy concept and hope you won't get uncomfortable if I should go into some deeper stuff here.”— David Berman, poemhunter.com
“A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence; because he has no identity — he is continually informing — and filling some other body.”— John Keats, en.wikiquote.org
“Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.”— John Keats, en.wikiquote.org
“They will explain themselves — as all poems should do without any comment.”— John Keats, en.wikiquote.org
“Pain only appears in the presence of love. This much I can say I have learnt by heart...”— Sharanya Manivannan, softblow.org
“And in the end, we were all just humans, drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.”— Christopher Poindexter, instagram.com
“Kaur is, in industry parlance, a hack. And while most of us who write for a living believe ourselves to be hacks, at least most of us don’t run around saying the ultimate goal of our work is to be blown up to poster size.”— Lindsey Adler, theconcourse.deadspin.com
“I suppose an aesthetics-first approach to poetry is the perfect strategy for an aesthetics-first platform.”— Lindsey Adler, theconcourse.deadspin.com
“If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.”— Edgar Allan Poe, goodreads.com
“If you love someone, no part of them is revolting. Every bloody bit: beautiful.”— Megan Falley, amazon.com
“I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.”— Virginia Satir, en.wikiquote.org