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Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact... the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard.

Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact... the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard.

William Carlos Williams' detail and prosody for his poem "Paterson" given to James Laughlin (now at Houghton Library), 1939.

The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.

Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

I'm not afraid to be one of the martyrs people have offered in the struggle for their just demands.

"Iran opposition leader Mousavi 'ready to die' for reform" by Robert Tait, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2010.

The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.155, Modern Library

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.173, Modern Library

Age demands respect; youth, love.

Mary Wollstonecraft (1999). “A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution”, p.56, OUP Oxford