American - Poet | October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.
John Berryman
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I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.
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We must travel in the direction of our fear.
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Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
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The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.
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