A Quote by Hubert Selby, Jr.
I don't know that I could really define love. I can't . . . again, it's like trying to define what this creative force is. It's beyond my ability to really define. If I can define it, then it's not it. We're right back to that thing again.
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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
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