Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry,

“Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Category: poetry
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