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> [Poetry is a language in which man explores his own amazement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/poetry-is-a-language-in-which-man-explores-his-own-amazement/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

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> [Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement . . . says heaven and earth in one word . . . speaks of himself and his predicament as though for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/poetry-is-the-language-in-which-man-explores-his-own-amazement-says/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

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## Other authors on Amazement

## More by Christopher Fry

> [In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/in-tragedy-every-moment-is-eternity-in-comedy-eternity-is-a-moment/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/has-made-an-honest-woman-of-the-supernatural/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“Mother, I make it known publicly: I'm tired of my little brother. Will you please Give him to some charity?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/mother-i-make-it-known-publicly-i-m-tired-of-my-little-brother-will/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“THOMAS Can I have your name? RICHARD It's yours. THOMAS Now, look RICHARD It's no earthly Use to me. I travel light; as light,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/thomas-can-i-have-your-name-richard-it-s-yours-thomas-now-look/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of our animal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/the-difference-between-tragedy-and-comedy-is-the-difference-between/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“A priest found an infant, about ten inches long, Crammed into the poor-box. The money had all Been taken. Nothing was there except myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/a-priest-found-an-infant-about-ten-inches-long-crammed-into-the-poor/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [One day I shall burst my bud of calm and blossom into hysteria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/one-day-i-shall-burst-my-bud-of-calm-and-blossom-into-hysteria/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“JENNET. Twilight, double, treble, in and out! If I try to find my way I bark my brain On shadows sharp as rocks where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/jennet-twilight-double-treble-in-and-out-if-i-try-to-find-my-way-i/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [Life itself is the real and most miraculous miracle of all. If one had never before seen a human hand and were suddenly presented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/life-itself-is-the-real-and-most-miraculous-miracle-of-all-if-one-had/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“Has death Become the fashionable way to live?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/has-death-become-the-fashionable-way-to-live/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“JENNET What can you see Out there? THOMAS Out here? Out here is a sky so gentle Five stars are ventured on it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/jennet-what-can-you-see-out-there-thomas-out-here-out-here-is-a-sky/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [Poetry is a language in which man explores his own amazement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/poetry-is-a-language-in-which-man-explores-his-own-amazement/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“They say that I bring back the past; For instance, Helen comes, Brushing the maggots from her eyes, And, clearing her throat of several…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/they-say-that-i-bring-back-the-past-for-instance-helen-comes-brushing/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“Your innocence is on at such a rakish angle it gives you quite an air of iniquity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/your-innocence-is-on-at-such-a-rakish-angle-it-gives-you-quite-an-air/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

> [“JENNET: They also say that I bring back the past; For instance Helen comes Brushing the maggots from her eyes, And, clearing here throat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/jennet-they-also-say-that-i-bring-back-the-past-for-instance-helen/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

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