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“Human life can be lived like a poem.”
Lin Yutang book The Importance of Living
Source: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 32
Louise Glück (1943–2023) American poet
Source: As quoted in "Poet Laureate: Louise Glück and the Public Face of a Private Artist" https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/opinion/editorial-observer-poet-laureate-louise-gluck-public-face-private-artist.html by Andrew Johnston, The New York Times (November 4, 2003)
“He scores goals like runs in cricket.”
Dhyan Chand (1905–1979) Indian field hockey player
Don Bradman commented on Dhyan Chand's legendary skill in scoring goals in [Hem Shanker Ray, Symbols of India, http://books.google.com/books?id=FPJCrUUu4BUC&pg=PT329, Rupa Publications, 978-81-291-2349-7, 329–]
“Mark spoke like a poem and walked like a dance.”
Cassandra Clare (1973) American author
Source: Bitter of Tongue
“For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
The Big Sea (1940)
“There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.”
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) American writer
Preface to Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship http://books.google.com/books?id=LXFbAAAAMAAJ&q=&quot;There+is+something+about+a+bureaucrat+that+does+not+like+a+poem&quot; (1969) <br class="br">Preface to Sex, Death, and Money http://books.google.com/books?id=54JBAAAAIAAJ&q=&quot;There+is+something+about+a+bureaucrat+that+does+not+like+a+poem&quot; (1969) <br class="br">1960s