Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. — Quoted

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“Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.”

Carl Sandburg · Poetry

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Carl Sandburg

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.

Work

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In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.

Morning

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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

Poetry

Carl Sandburg

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.

Age