I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
“Men fear joy too much, fear their instincts. Fear a surrender to their feelings. Fear loving themselves in others and loving others in themselves.… — James Broughton Copy Share
“If all that a stone is expected to be is the stone that it is, why isn't a man expected to be the kind… — James Broughton Copy Share
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature. — James Broughton Copy Share
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought… — James Broughton Copy Share
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts. — James Broughton Copy Share
Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers. — James Broughton Copy Share
