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Poetry comes out of an elite experience, the experience of people whose ears are opened to the song of the universe.

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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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The world is full of people who have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are they should be living for.
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There's always the possibility of a fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss.
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The realms of the gods and demons - heaven, purgatory, hell - are of the substance of dreams. Myth, in this view, is the dream of the world.
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