"And the Law that once contained impossible demands -- Thou Shalt Not... -- actually becomes a promise we fulfill in you."

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Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry always remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. It remembers that it was first song.

— Jorge Luis Borges