| Author Quoted | Patrice Tour du Pin, de la |
| Title Quoted | Dedicated Life and Poetry |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1947/10/19 |
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| Quotation | I have tried again to read Patrice de la Tour du Pin and sometimes find him very antipathetic. All that stuff is not for me. Keep away from poets! |
| Journal | Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 2, 1941-1952.; Edited by Jonathan Montaldo. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 127 |
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