A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating. The worse their rhymes, the more picturesque they look. The mere fact of having published a book of second-rate sonnets make a man quite irresistible. He lives the poetry he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
- Oscar Wilde
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I remember reading this in my Humanities I syllabus under Mr. Raymond "Mike" Falgui. His act then was to pretend like he was one of the students (he doesn't look that young, but he's awesomely nerdy you'd think yeah, he's just a nerdy student) on the first day class. He sat in the back of the room, curiously watching students trickle in while sipping his McDo-provided hot choco. He introduced himself just when we were about to leave thinking the instructor wasn't around for the first day (which is a common case in UP). I think one of my classmates (one of his students) even asked him if he was in the right classroom. He couldn't be more correct.
The Storyteller's Creed
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge,
That myth is more potent than history,
That dreams are more powerful than facts,
That hope always triumphs over experience,
That laughter is the only cure for grief,
And I believe that love is stronger than death.
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