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Robinson Jeffers Quotes: Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.
         

Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.


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Seagulls . . . slim yachts of the element.

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Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.



You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.

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Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.



It is only a little planet, but how beautiful it is.

It is only a little planet, but how beautiful it is.



Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.

Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.



A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the leaves rain from the skies, Let the rich life run to the roots again.

A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the leaves rain from the skies, Let the rich life run to the roots again.



Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.

Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.



Happy people die whole, they are all dissolved in a moment, they have had what they wanted.

Happy people die whole, they are all dissolved in a moment, they have had what they wanted.





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