In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will.

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No bad man can be a good poet.

No bad man can be a good poet.

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you...

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in...

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in...

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life...

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life...

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

And she finally stopped playing their song, when she realized she was dancing alone.

And she finally stopped playing their song, when she realized she was dancing alone.

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and...

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and...

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of...

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of...

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering....

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering....

Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although...

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although...

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...