| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 65812 |
| QUOTATION: | The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. letter, Feb. 27, 1895, to the editor of the Dublin Daily Express. Collected Letters, vol. 1, ed. John Kelly (1986). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Yeats Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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