Caroline Starr Rose

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Why We Read

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To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
– Gaston Bachelard

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  1. Tabitha Bird says

    June 30, 2010 at 9:42 am

    Oh yes! Amen to that. Beautiful words are almost as good as wine and food. 🙂

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  2. Jennifer Shirk says

    June 30, 2010 at 11:44 am

    Now that’s a beautiful saying. 🙂

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  3. salarsenッ says

    June 30, 2010 at 11:56 am

    Poetry really is amazing. We just need to slow down and listen to it, sometimes.

    Thanks, Caroline.

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  4. Candyland says

    June 30, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    Beautiful:)

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  5. thegingerbreadninja says

    June 30, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    So true!

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  6. Valerie Geary says

    June 30, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    Dude. I wish I could grow facial hair.

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  7. PJ Hoover says

    June 30, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    It’s a wonderful quote, Caroline, and makes me happy that I love to read so much!

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  8. Caroline Starr Rose says

    June 30, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    Valerie, I prefer you without!

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  9. Valerie Geary says

    June 30, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    But, but, look at that thing! It’s awesome!! I bet it was his Muse. He’d sit there trying to think of just the right words, stroke his beard and then the words would just–poof!–be there. Magic. If I could grow me one of those… I’d be unstoppable!

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  10. Kathryn says

    June 30, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    Oh, love it! I felt alive just reading that!

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  11. Keri Mikulski says

    June 30, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    Love this. 🙂

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  12. Arabella says

    June 30, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    For poetry! Yes, yes, say it again!

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  13. Lydia Kang says

    June 30, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    Well said! It’s that flash of poetry that makes me stop and reread lines, trying to figure out how the author did it so cleverly.
    Great quote!

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