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~ Dix ~
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~ Dix ~ asked in Education & ReferenceQuotations · 1 decade ago

Is this a Robert Frost quote?

"If the writer doesn't laugh, the reader doesn't laugh. If the writer doesn't cry, the reader doesn't cry."

I've been unable to verify this quote. Can you? I read it out of context and the source attributed it to Robert Frost. Anyone know for certain?

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  • ck1
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Yes, it is, but it goes somewhat differently. Here it is:

    "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader."

    It is from Collected Poems (1939) "The Figure a Poem Makes" - I found it in my copy of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

  • Terry D
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I doubt it: It is not among the many quotes I found on the site below:

    This is one of my favourites by him:

    Depression occurs when one looks back with no pride, and looks forward with no hope.

    Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)

    Source(s): http://quotationspage.com/search.php3?Search=&Auth...
  • Priestess Maighread Birdsong
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I did a cursory search and could not find a thing. I tried brainyquote.com And also came up blank. Sorry dix but I could find no verification. Peace&Love be with you...~M~

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't think so.

    Source(s): Try checking it out in wikiquote.org.
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