I learned that poets aren't God, but if there is a God...or anything approaching a God...he's a poet. And a failed one at that. (Dan Simmons)

I learned that poets aren't God, but if there is a God...or anything approaching a God...he's a poet. And a failed one at that.

Dan Simmons

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