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My poems - I dont even like the sound of that, in a way. Not that anyone else wrote them. But we know that only people w

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"My poems - I don't even like the sound of that, in a way. Not that anyone else wrote them. But we know that only people who are really close to us care about our personal experience"

- Sharon Olds

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This quote is written / told by Sharon Olds somewhere between November 19, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 22 other quotes.

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