Who shall say I am not the happy genius of my household? - William Carlos Williams

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Who shall say I am not the happy genius of my household?

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About William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams (17 September 1883 – 4 March 1963) was an American poet and physician.

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It is dangerous to leave written that which is badly written.
A chance word, upon paper, may destroy the world. Watch carefully and erase, while the power is still yours, I say to myself, for all that is put down, once it escapes, may rot its way into a thousand minds, the corn become a black smut, and all libraries, of necessity, be burned to the ground as a consequence.

Only one answer: write carelessly so that nothing that is not green will survive. — William Carlos Williams, Paterson. (New Directions; Revised Edition edition April 17, 1995) Originally published 1946.

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