Bad literature is a form of treason.

Joseph Brodsky
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Bad literature is a form of treason.
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What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence. ✨ Joseph Brodsky, May 24, 1980
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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. ✨ Joseph Brodsky, Cynthia L. Haven (2002). Joseph Brodsky: Conversatio … ▶
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey. ✨ Joseph Brodsky, Cynthia L. Haven (2002). Joseph Brodsky: … ▶
The eye identifies itself not with the body it belongs to but with the object of its attention.

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