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Don Paterson quotes: Fate's book, but my italics.

Fate's book, but my italics.

Don Paterson quotes: No fury more righteous than that of a sinner accused of the wrong sin.

No fury more righteous than that of a sinner accused of the wrong sin.

Don Paterson quotes: Imagine your shadow burning off the page / As the dear world and the dead word disengage

Imagine your shadow burning off the page / As the dear world and the dead word disengage

Don Paterson quotes: The poem, in a sense, is no more or less than a little machine for remembering itself ... Poetry is therefore primarily a commemorative act.

The poem, in a sense, is no more or less than a little machine for remembering itself ... Poetry is therefore primarily a commemorative act.

Don Paterson quotes: Inconveniently, books are all the pages in them, not just the ones you choose to read.

Inconveniently, books are all the pages in them, not just the ones you choose to read.

Don Paterson quotes: We could easily have evolved eyelids thick enough to keep out the light, but we still need to see the shadows fall across them. We're not yet safe.

We could easily have evolved eyelids thick enough to keep out the light, but we still need to see the shadows fall across them. We're not yet safe.

Don Paterson quotes: After a long period of reflection, he decided that he was in fact right yet again.

After a long period of reflection, he decided that he was in fact right yet again.

Don Paterson quotes: The aphorism is already a shadow of itself.

The aphorism is already a shadow of itself.

Don Paterson quotes: Anything that elicits an immediate nod of recognition has only reconfirmed a prejudice.

Anything that elicits an immediate nod of recognition has only reconfirmed a prejudice.

Don Paterson quotes: Mediocre art is far worse than bad art. Bad art does not waste our time.

Mediocre art is far worse than bad art. Bad art does not waste our time.

Don Paterson quotes: Falling and flying are near identical sensations, in all but one final detail.

Falling and flying are near identical sensations, in all but one final detail.

Don Paterson quotes: We turn from the light to see.

We turn from the light to see.