A cop out when writing about hard ideas (which I’m guilty of too) is to use evocative, poetic quotes to gesture at how you feel about an idea because it is too hard to say something clear about it, let alone original.
It’s the ++ version of opening with dictionary definitions
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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
Paul Dirac
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If a poem is the best words, in the best order,
A collection of quotes is the best words, by the best hoarder.
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