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- Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito
- One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry. — William Collins
- Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing. — William Collins
- Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead. — William Collins