Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring — this is one of the harshest hum… - Wisława Szymborska

Contemporary poets are skeptical and suspicious even, or perhaps especially, about themselves. They publicly confess to being poets only reluctantly, as if they were a little ashamed of it. But in our clamorous times it's much easier to acknowledge your faults, at least if they're attractively packaged, than to recognize your own merits, since these are hidden deeper and you never quite believe in them yourself.

True love. Is it normal
is it serious, is it practical?
What does the world get from two people
who exist in a world of their own?

soy una persona anticuada que cree que leer libros es el pasatiempo más hermoso que la humanidad ha creado.