Quotes Week, Part Two

For Jessica:

• Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ~Leonard Cohen

For Bryan:

• The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. ~Mark Twain

For Andrew:

• A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. ~Mignon McLaughlin

And for all of us:

• Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we? ~Terri Guillemets